Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased around 13.2% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 861,554 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,018 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 27,024 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 863,151 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking a rise of about 13.2% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for 20.6% of total generation, while hydroelectricity and solar plants contributed 14.6% and 13.9%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,781 megawatt-hours, and imports totaled 5,184 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency