Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye decreased 10.6% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 880,646 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,254 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,454 megawatt-hours at 6 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 898,444 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 10.2% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.2% of total generation, while natural gas plants and wind plants contributed 18.6% and 18.4%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 17,820 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 22 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
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