Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye decreased 4.87% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 831,446 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
TEIAS data showed that hourly power consumption peaked at 39,295 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT) and the country's electricity consumption fell to 28,833 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 821,301 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 4.36% compared to Friday.
Imported coal plants contributed 28.7% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants supplied 19.8% and 15.5%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 14,541 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 24,687 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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