Türkiye's daily power consumption down 0.10% on Oct. 6

- Electricity exports amount to 5,091 megawatt-hours and imports total 17,619 megawatt-hours

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 0.10% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 865,220 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,165 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,801 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 852,992 megawatt-hours on Friday.

Electricity production from imported coal constituted 26.2% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 23.1% and 13.4%, respectively.

On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,091 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,619 megawatt-hours.

By Gokce Topbas

Anadolu Agency

energy@aa.com.tr