Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 0.4% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 872,298 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,890 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 29,976 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 858,723 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a decrease of 0.6% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 23.4% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed 19% and 16.1%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 4,050 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,713 megawatt-hours.
By Ebru Sengul Cevrioglu
Anadolu Agency
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