Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 5.5% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 847,491 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,838 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1400 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,997 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT)
Electricity production amounted to 859,417 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 5.4% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 27.1% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 21.7% and 13.4%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 15,094 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 3,168 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
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