Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 5.3% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 864,261 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,007 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 30,200 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 859,983 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of about 5.5% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 26.2% of total generation, while natural gas and solar plants contributed 19.7% and 13.5%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports totaled 6,959 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 11,237 megawatt-hours.
By Ebru Sengul Cevrioglu
Anadolu Agency
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