Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 7% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 806,650 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,239 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 27,000 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 825,533 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking a rise of 7% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 26.4% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 20.6% and 13,4%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 18,886 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 28 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
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