Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 11.3% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 722,501 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 34,505 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 26,147 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 703,563 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a fall of 11.6% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal constituted 29% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 17.3% and 16.1%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 3,395 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 22,333 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
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