Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 5.95% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 941,479 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,321 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,351 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 941,919 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 5.96% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 26% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 22.3% and 12.8%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,171 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 5,735 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr