Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 3.4% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 858,455 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,763 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 30,722 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 869,807 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 3.3% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 20.9% of total generation, while natural gas and solar plants contributed 14.1% and 13.3%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 13,307 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 1,955 megawatt-hours.
By Duygu Alhan
Anadolu Agency
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