Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye decreased by 7.65% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 807,106 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 37,700 megawatt-hours at 12.00 local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 27,177 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 809,632 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 7.35% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from hydropower plants constituted 23,6% of total generation, while wind power plants and run-of-the-river plants contributed 20.3% and 16%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 13,417 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 10,891 megawatt-hours.

By Firdevs Yuksel

Anadolu Agency

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