Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 3.96% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 979,144 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,242 megawatt-hours at 03.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,975 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 970,065 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 8.49% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 24.3% of total generation, while imported coal plants and wind power plants contributed 21.6% and 13%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 8,316 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,395 megawatt-hours.
By Sibel Morrow
Anadolu Agency
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