Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye decreased by 1.01% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 870,330 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,250 megawatt-hours at 12.00 local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,154 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 868,766 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of 1.22% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from hydro power plants constituted 19.6% of total generation, while run-of-the-river plants and imported coal plants contributed 15.4% and 14.9%, respectively.

On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 12,147 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 13,711 megawatt-hours.

By Zeynep Beyza Kilic

Anadolu Agency

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