Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 5.86% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 941,820 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,053 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,614 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 949,596 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 5.94% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 22% of total generation, while imported coal and hydroelectricity plants contributed 19.6% and 17.5%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 12,050 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 4,276 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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