Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye decreased by 4.01% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 812,605 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 37,882 megawatt-hours at 12.00 local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 27,404 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 807,307 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 4.31% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from hydropower plants constituted 24.28% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 17.95% and 14.08%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 12,788 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 18,086 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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