Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye decreased by 11.8% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 570,478 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 26,683 megawatt-hours at 01.00 local time (2200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 20,956 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 570,799 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking a decrease of 12% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from hydropower plants constituted 26.6% of total generation, while run-of-the-river plants and wind power plants contributed 18.5% and 15.1%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 12,389 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,068 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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