Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye decreased 13.4% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 819,177 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,651 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,799 megawatt-hours at 9 a.m. local time (0600 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 836,310 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking decrease of 13.1% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 26.5% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 26.3% and 11.2%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 17,248 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 69 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
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