Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 6.6% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 595,806 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 30,314 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 20,063 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 598,509 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking an increase of 6.5% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 25.4% of total generation, while run-of-the-river plants and imported coal plants contributed 16.5% and 14.1%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,439 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 3,737 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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