Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 15.9% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 847,699 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,948 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 26,155 megawatt-hours at 4 a.m. local time (0100 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 836,282 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 16.6% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal constituted 25.2% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 17.5% and 14.3%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,557 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,978 megawatt-hours.
By Duygu Alhan
Anadolu Agency
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