Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 9.5% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 768,881 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 35,912 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 26,684 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 759,264 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 9.3% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from wind power plants constituted 21.1% of total generation, while imported coal and hydroelectricity power plants contributed 18.6% and 18.3%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,162 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 15,780 megawatt-hours.
By Ebru Sengul Cevrioglu
Anadolu Agency
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