Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 11.5% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 818,029 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,182 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 29,351 megawatt-hours at 9 a.m. local time (0600 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 830,606 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 11.6% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 26.1% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 24.7% and 11.6%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 13,158 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 581 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
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