Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 5.3% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 861,442 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,229 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 30,920 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 851,852 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a drop of around 8.3% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.7% of total generation, while wind and hydroelectricity plants contributed 20.9% and 15.1%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 4,391 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 13,980 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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