Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 0.32% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 871,775 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,230 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 29,650 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 871,807 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 0.28% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 34.2% of total generation, while imported coal plants and lignite contributed 23.4% and 13.5%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 7,029 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 6,997 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr