Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 18.3% on Monday, compared to the previous day, totaling 999,543 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 49,099 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,505 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,013,843 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 17.6% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 24.7% of total generation, while imported coal and wind plants contributed 23.7% and 15.3%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 14,520 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 302 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency