Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 1.28% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 861,838 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,461 megawatt-hours at 15.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,743 megawatt-hours at 05.00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 861,802 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a decrease of 1.71% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 23.1% of total generation, while imported coal and wind plants contributed 22.5% and 17.5%, respectively.
On Wednesday the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,062 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 6,099 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Kucuk Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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