Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye decreased by 8.25% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 844,839 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,373 megawatt-hours at 20.00 local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,705 megawatt-hours at 06.00 local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 841,027 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a 8.25% decrease compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 22.8% of total electricity consumption, natural gas plants contributed 20.1% while hydroelectricity plants comprised 18.4%.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 16,521 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 20,353 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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