Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 1.3% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 865,110 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,600 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,348 megawatt-hours at 6 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 870,950 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a fall of 1.2% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 21.9% of total generation, while imported coal and hydroelectricity plants contributed 15.1% and 14.6%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 10,525 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 4,686 megawatt-hours.
By Duygu Alhan
Anadolu Agency
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