Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye decreased by 4.6% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 902,683 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,716 megawatt-hours at 7:00 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,669 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 920,423 megawatt-hours on Friday marking a fall of 4.2% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24 % of total generation, while wind and natural gas plants contributed 21% and 16.1%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 17,983 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 243 megawatt-hours.
By Handan Kazanci
Anadolu Agency
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