Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 6.1% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 950,906 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,334 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 33,130 megawatt-hours at 6 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 959,865 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 5.9% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for around 23.3% of total generation, while imported coal and wind plants contributed 23.2% and 13.7%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports totaled 9,648 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 689 megawatt-hours.
By Ebru Sengul Cevrioglu
Anadolu Agency
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