Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 0.8% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 938,435 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,597 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,088 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 935,672 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a fall of about 0.6% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for 21.3% of total generation, while imported coal and hydroelectricity plants contributed 18.8% and 13.7%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 7,314 megawatt-hours, and imports totaled 10,289 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
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