Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 5.06% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 849,432 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,616 megawatt-hours at 12.00 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,063 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 850,696 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking an decrease of 3.67% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 30% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 25% and 14.7%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 9,734 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 8,470 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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