Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 0.1% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1.05 million megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 50,656 megawatt-hours at 03.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 34,961 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1.04 million megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a decrease of 0.08% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas power plants constituted 28.7% of total generation, while imported coal plants and wind plants contributed 18% and 15%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 12,914 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 24,147 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
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