Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 5.6% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,108,653 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 50,185 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 38,001 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,118,660 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 5.6% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for 23.6% of total generation, while imported coal and wind plants contributed 21.6% and 15.4%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports totaled 14,932 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 4,925 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
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