Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 14.6% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,120,623 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 55,367 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 34,890 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,115,308 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking a rise of 14,7% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 21.3% of total generation, while natural gas plants and wind plants contributed 20.6% and 14.3%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 13,512 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 18,890 megawatt-hours.
By Duygu Alhan
Anadolu Agency
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