Türkiye's daily power consumption down 9.8% on Oct. 12

- Electricity exports amount to 8,221 megawatt-hours and imports total 9,050 megawatt-hours

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 9.8% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 779,084 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 37,650 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 28,000 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 778,255 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a fall of about 9.5% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 25.5% of total generation, while wind and natural gas plants contributed 14.4% and 14.3%, respectively.

On Sunday, the country's electricity exports totaled 8,221 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 9,050 megawatt-hours.

By Duygu Alhan

Anadolu Agency

energy@aa.com.tr