Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye decreased by 19.8% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 647,071 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 30,388 megawatt-hours at 22.00 local time (1900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 21,110 megawatt-hours at 08.00 local time (0500 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 649,053 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 19.8% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from hydropower plants constituted 25.7% of total generation, while wind power plants and run-of-the-river plants contributed 20.7% and 17.1%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 13,721 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 11,738 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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