Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 4.6% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 843,731 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,285 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,676 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT)
Electricity production amounted to 859,065 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 4.3% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.7% of total generation, while natural gas and hydropower plants contributed 19.7% and 16.3%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 15,863 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 528 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
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