Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 4.9% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 969,760 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,823 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,846 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 981,567 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of about 4.7% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 23.2% of total generation, while natural gas and run-of-river hydroelectric plants contributed around 20.1% and 14.5%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports totaled 15,355 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 3,547 megawatt-hours.
By Handan Kazanci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
