Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 4% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 910,737 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,459 megawatt-hours at 5 p.m. local time (1400 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,649 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 899,739 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of around 3.8% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 21.4% of total generation, while hydroelectricity and wind plants contributed 19.7% and 18.5%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,230 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 14,688 megawatt-hours.
By Sibel Morrow
Anadolu Agency
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