Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 1.5% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 886,893 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,344 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 29,634 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 878,512 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 2.3% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 17% of total generation, while imported coal plants contributed 14.6% and wind plants 13.9%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,696 megawatt-hours, and imports totaled 15,086 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency