Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 4.5% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 849,219 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,386 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,523 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 837,336 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 4.3% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from mported coal power plants constituted 21.1% of total generation, while wind and hydroelectricity power plants contributed 18.8% and 18.2%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,543 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 18,426 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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