Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye increased by 16.9% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 969,653 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 48,268 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,275 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 985,244 megawatt-hours on Monday marking a rise of 16% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.1% of total generation, while natural gas and hydropower plants contributed 22.6% and 15.9%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 15,922 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 334 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
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