Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 11.5% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 859,037 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,472 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,247 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 851,570 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking an decrease of 11.43% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 21.5% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and lignite plants contributed 15.8% and 14%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 4,884 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,351 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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