Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye decreased by 12.7% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 938,223 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,257 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,135 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 953,861 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 12% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 21.5% of total generation, while wind power and natural gas plants contributed 20.6% and 19.4%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 15,845 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 291 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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