Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 11.7% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 831,200 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,709 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 29,085 megawatt-hours at 9 a.m. local time (0600 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 840,488 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a fall of 11.5% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 17.7% of total generation, while natural gas and hydroelectricity plants contributed 16.7% and 15%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 12,666 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 3,378 megawatt-hours.
By Handan Kazanci
Anadolu Agency
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