Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 6.2% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 952,728 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,875 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 32,757 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 960,743 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 6% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 23.8% of total generation, while dammed hydro and wind plants contributed 19.5% and 13.8%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports totaled 12,165 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 4,165 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
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