Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 5.5% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 895,464 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,387 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 31,419 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 903,311 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 5.4% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 25.1% of total generation, while wind and natural gas plants contributed 18.4% and 14.1%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports totaled 8,657 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 819 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com