Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 4.1% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 991,536 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,986 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,624 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,000,499 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of about 4.3% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for 22.7% of total generation, while natural gas and solar plants contributed 20.3% and 15.5%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports totaled 13,869 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 4,905 megawatt-hours.
By Duygu Alhan
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
