Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 4.5% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 905,408 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,705 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,209 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 911,493 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 4.4% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal accounted for around 26.4% of total generation, while natural gas plants and lignite plants contributed 25.4% and 12.8%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports totaled 8,619 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 2,565 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com
