Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 9.9% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 882,601 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,373 megawatt-hours at 10.00 p.m. local time (1900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,961 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 874,062 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 9.9% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 23.6% of total generation, while natural gas plants and wind power plants contributed 17.5% and 13.8%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 12,545 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 21,083 megawatt-hours.
By Ebru Sengul Cevrioglu
Anadolu Agency
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