Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 6.3% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 897,677 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,871 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,744 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 890,176 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of about 6.4% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 21.5% of total generation, while wind plants and solar plants contributed 21% and 14.1%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports totaled 7,268 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 14,770 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
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