Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 5.36% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 863,196 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,763 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,957 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 881,780 megawatt-hours on Saturday marking a fall of 3.54% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 27.3% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 24.8% and 12.4%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 18,669 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 85 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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