Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by around 18.9 on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 834,988 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,582 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 26,409 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 823,579 megawatt-hours on Monday marking an increase of 19.9% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.8% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 24.9% and 14.2%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,429 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,839 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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