Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 10.9% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 751,816 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 36,890 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 26,462 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT)
Electricity production amounted to 765,960 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a fall of 10.8% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.5% of total generation, while natural gas and hydropower plants contributed 17.5% and 14.7%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 16,273 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 2,130 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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