Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 3.39% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 880,941 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,090 megawatt-hours at 15.00 local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,732 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 873,303 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 3.38% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 18% of total generation, while imported coal plants and wind energy plants contributed 16.5% and 15.6%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 9,298 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,936 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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