Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 1% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 904,532 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,481 megawatt-hours at 03.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,242 megawatt-hours at 05.00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 891,885 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 0.24% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 20.2% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 22.5% and 13.5%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 7,114 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 19,761 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Kucuk Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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