Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 8.13% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 829,235 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,934 megawatt-hours at 7.00 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 28,994 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 849,016 megawatt-hours on Sunday marking a fall of 7.75% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.1% of total generation, while wind and natural gas plants contributed 19.8% and 13.6%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 19,805 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 24 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
