Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye decreased by 4.34% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 855,304 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 38,374 megawatt-hours at 12.00 local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,940 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 853,122 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 4.6% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas power plant constituted 23.5% of total generation, while hydro power plants and lignite plants contributed 20.8% and 14.9%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 12,695 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 14,878 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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