Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 4.4% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 1.01 million megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 47,018 megawatt-hours at 03.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 34,470 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to one million megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 4.5% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 25.9% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydroelectricity plants contributed 21.4% and 13.5%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 7,552 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 15,809 megawatt-hours.
By Nuran Erkul Kaya
Anadolu Agency
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