Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 5.25% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 977,936 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,543 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 34,017 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 981,415 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of about 4.46% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 21.7% of total generation, while natural gas plants and wind energy plants contributed 19.4% and 17.7%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports totaled 7,344 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 3,866 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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