Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 3.7% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 994,999 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 47,246 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,439 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,010,762 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 3.4% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for around 31.2% of total generation, while imported coal and wind plants contributed 20.5% and 15.3%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports totaled 15,866 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 143 megawatt-hours.
By Handan Kazanci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
