Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by nearly 11.5% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 729,918 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 34,200 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (0400 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 26,414 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 735,598 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking an decrease of 11.4% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 28.4% of total generation, while wind and hydropower plants contributed 16.2% and 12.7%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 7,844 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 2,165 megawatt-hours.
By Sibel Morrow
Anadolu Agency
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