Türkiye's daily power consumption down 9.6% on Oct. 19

- Electricity exports amount to 10,062 megawatt-hours and imports total 6,358 megawatt-hours

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 9.6% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 782,322 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 38,001 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 28,304 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 786,286 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a fall of about 9.5% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 25.7% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 23.3% and 13%, respectively.

On Sunday, the country's electricity exports totaled 10,062 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 6,358 megawatt-hours.

By Ebru Sengul Cevrioglu

Anadolu Agency

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