Türkiye's daily power consumption down 5.5% on Aug. 31

- Electricity exports amount to 5,257 megawatt-hours and imports total 3,348 megawatt-hours

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 5.5% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 915,950 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,666 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,870 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 917,859 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a fall of about 5.6% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for 21.8% of total generation, while natural gas and solar plants contributed 21.1% and 14.1%, respectively.

On Sunday, the country's electricity exports totaled 5,257 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 3,348 megawatt-hours.

By Basak Erkalan

Anadolu Agency

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