Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 4.64% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 997,207 million megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,459 megawatt-hours at 03.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 34,179 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 985,808 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 4.33 compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas power plants constituted 30% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydro power plants contributed 21.1% and 14.5%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 8,824 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 19,953 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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