Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 4.6% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,067,950 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 49,650 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 35,789 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,078,594 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 4.7% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 26.8% of total generation, while imported coal and hydroelectricity plants contributed 22.4% and 14.7%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 13,517 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 2,873 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
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