Türkiye's daily power consumption down 0.15% on Nov. 20

- Electricity exports amount to 15,846 megawatt-hours and imports total 322 megawatt-hours

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 0.15% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 953,275 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,515 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 31,498 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 968,819 megawatt-hours on Wednesday marking a decrease of 0.19% compared to Tuesday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.5% of total generation, while natural gas and wind power plants contributed 20.5% and 16.6%, respectively.

On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 15,846 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 322 megawatt-hours.

By Handan Kazanci

Anadolu Agency

energy@aa.com.tr