Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 6.63% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 843,288 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,135 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 30,278 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 848,057 megawatt-hours on Saturday, increasing around 6.36% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 27.5% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 26.2% and 11.8%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports totaled 7,059 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 2,295 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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