The daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 17.2% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,083,613 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 53,032 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 34,278 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production reached 1,073,376 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 18.2% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 25.5% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydroelectric plants contributed 22.1% and 15.1%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,388 megawatt-hours, and its imports totaled 15,626 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr