Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 4.5% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 1.02 million megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,742 megawatt-hours at 12.00 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 35,111 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1.01 million megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 4.5% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 26.3% of total generation, while imported coal plants and wind power plants contributed 19.1% and 14.9%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 8,308 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 21,303 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
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