Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye decreased by 2.8% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 841,068 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,020 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 29,617 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 845,021 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 3% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 19.1% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and imported coal contributed 17.7% and 16%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 10,960 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 7,006 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
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