Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye decreased 3.6% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 873,102 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,154 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 30,400 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 867,982 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 3.4% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 17.3% of total generation, while hydroelectricity and natural gas plants contributed 15.7% and 15.1%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,723 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 10,885 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
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