Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 11.5% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 702,183 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 33,922 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 25,507 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 686,522 megawatt-hours on Sunday marking a decrease of 12% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 28.3% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 17.9% and 17.1%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 4,416 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 20,077 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
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