Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 0.9% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,024,806 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 49,030 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,973 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,032,995 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a decrease of 0.9% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for around 35.3% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 23.5% and 12.7%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports totaled 8,576 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 415 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
