Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 4.85% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 999,621 million megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,403 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 34,484 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 988,810 million megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 5% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas power plants constituted 28.9% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydropower plants contributed 20.6% and 15.3%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,058 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,871 megawatt-hours.
By Nuran Erkul Kaya
Anadolu Agency
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