Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 16.6% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 885,903 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,565 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 27,303 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT)
Electricity production amounted to 882,235 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking a rise of 15.5% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 27.2% of total generation, while natural gas and hydropower plants contributed 16% and 15.9%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 14,844 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 18,514 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr