Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 10.7% to 756,039 megawatt-hours on Sunday, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 20.00 local time with 37,688 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest point of 27,623 megawatt-hours at 05.00.
Total electricity production reached 756,087 megawatt-hours on Sunday with a 10.5% decrease compared to the previous day.
The majority of the output came from hydroelectricity plants at 201,539 megawatt-hours. Imported coal and lignite plants followed with 175,648 megawatt-hours and 108,486 megawatt-hours, respectively.
On Sunday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 7,566 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 7,519 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Kucuk Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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