Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 0.2% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 920,513 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,210 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 30,811 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 918,591 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a fall of about 0.1% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 26.1% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 24% and 12.9%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports totaled 7,871 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 9,793 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
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