Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 3.58% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 929,642 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,213 megawatt-hours at 12.00 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,211 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 921,483 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 3.61% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 18.4% of total generation, while wind energy and natural gas plants contributed 17.9% and 15.3%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 7,977 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,136 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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