Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 1.2% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 943,093 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,417 megawatt-hours at 12.00 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,499 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 933,772 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of 1.3% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from natural gas energy plants constituted 22.3% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydro power plants contributed 19.6% and 16.1%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 8,788 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 18,110 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
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