Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 0.4% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,022,039 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 48,863 megawatt-hours at 11 a.m. local time (0800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,367 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,037,415 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a fall of 0.4% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 33.2% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 23.1% and 11.6%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 16,032 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 657 megawatt-hours.
By Duygu Alhan
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
