Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 8.6% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 998,396 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,078 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 35,325 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,001,347 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of about 8.6% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas accounted for 26.2% of total generation, while imported coal and wind plants contributed 20.9% and 12.5%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports totaled 7,110 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 4,169 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
