Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 9.5% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 851,287 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,226 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 30,189 megawatt-hours at 6 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 868,974 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decline of 9.2% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 29.8% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydropower plants contributed 27.4% and 11%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 17,776 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 99 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
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