Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 0.40% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 843,098 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,388 megawatt-hours at 12.00 a.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 28,819 megawatt-hours at 05.00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 826,235 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a decrease of 0.29% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 26.8% of total generation, while natural gas plants and lignite power plants contributed 21.8% and 13.8%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 8,167 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 24,940 megawatt-hours.
By Murat Temizer
Anadolu Agency
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