Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye decreased by 3.35% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 880,919 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,587 megawatt-hours at 12.00 local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,539 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 877,096 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 3.42% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 26.9% of total generation, while hydropower and lignite coal contributed 20.6% and 13.8%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 11,724 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 15,548 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
