Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 4.5% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 829,599 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 38,651 megawatt-hours at 12.00 a.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,297 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 818,302 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 4.2% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.9% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 24.2% and 15.7%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 9,762 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 21,060 megawatt-hours.
By Nuran Erkul Kaya
Anadolu Agency
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