Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye declined by 4.5% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 891,538 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,047 megawatt-hours at 11.00 local time (0800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,376 megawatt-hours at 05.00 local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 889,980 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 4.5% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas constituted 24.5% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants contributed 21.8% while lignite plants comprised 15.5%.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 15,419 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,977 megawatt-hours.
By Sibel Morrow
Anadolu Agency
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