Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye decreased around 4% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 912,843 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,184 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 30,251 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 908,555 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of about 4.3% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for 17.7% of total generation, while hydroelectricity and natural gas contributed 16.6% and 16%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 7,045 megawatt-hours, and imports totaled 11,331 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
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