Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 16.2% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 880,641 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,234 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 29,897 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 892,517 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 15.6% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 21.3% of total generation, while natural gas and hydroelectricity plants contributed 15.2% and 14.8%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 14,186 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 2,316 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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