Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 8.7% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 974,959 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,677 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 33,580 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 973,610 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a fall of 9.7% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 23.7% of total generation, while natural gas plants and lignite plants contributed 23.4% and 13.4%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 13,485 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 14,834 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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