Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 4.6% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 917,131 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,716 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,559 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 925,749 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 4.4% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 25.9% of total generation, while natural plants and wind plants contributed 23% and 13.8%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports totaled 9,061 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 447 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
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