Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 16.2% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 903,792 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,937 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 28,168 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 918,566 megawatt-hours on Monday marking a rise of 15.2% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.3% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 17.6% and 13.6%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 15,216 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 442 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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