Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 6.4% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 869,073 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,191 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 30,608 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 866,203 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of about 6.5% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 23.7% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed 15.4% and 14.7%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports totaled 7,664 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 10,535 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
