Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 12.8% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 1.04 million megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 50,284 megawatt-hours at 03.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,937 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1.03 million megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 12.8% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 29.7% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydroelectricity plants contributed 21.4% and 12.2%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 8,296 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 18,353 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
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