Türkiye's daily power consumption down 2.23% on Sept. 20

- Electricity exports amount to 12,877 megawatt-hours and imports total 16,925 megawatt-hours

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 2.23% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 927,743 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,919 megawatt-hours at 4 p.m. local time (1300 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,113 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT)

Electricity production amounted to 923,713 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a fall of 2.27 compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.9% of total generation, while natural gas and hydropower plants contributed 16.2% and 14.05%, respectively.

On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 12,877 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,925 megawatt-hours.

By Handan Kazanci

Anadolu Agency

energy@aa.com.tr