Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 11.8% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 850,773 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,900 megawatt-hours at 04.00 p.m. local time (1300 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 27,621 megawatt-hours at 05.00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 850,599 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an decrease of 12.9% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 25.2% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 23.2% and 13.9%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 7,250 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 7,446 megawatt-hours.
By Nuran Erkul Kaya
Anadolu Agency
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