Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye decreased by 5.6% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 885,354 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,957 megawatt-hours at 12.00 local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,126 megawatt-hours at 05.00 local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 888,127 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 5.5% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 20.9% of total electricity consumption, hydroelectricity and imported coal plants contributed 18.6% and 17.9%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 9,236 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 6,463 megawatt-hours.
By Nuran Erkul Kaya
Anadolu Agency
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