Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye decreased by 2.61% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 845,513 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,904 megawatt-hours at 12.00 local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 28,635 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 865,388 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 2.78% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 23% of total generation, while hydropower and imported lignite plants contributed 20% and 14.2%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 9,952 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 14,208 megawatt-hours.

By Sibel Morrow

Anadolu Agency

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