Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 5.42% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 892,957 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,701 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,880 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 881,674 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a down of around 5.55% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.4% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and wind plants contributed 17.6% and 15%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,616 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,899 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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