Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye decreased by 1.7% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 893,730 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,556 megawatt-hours at 12.00 local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,364 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 892,126 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decreased of 1.9% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 25.5% of total generation, while hydro power plants and run-of-the-river plants contributed 19.6% and 14.9%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 8,376 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 9,980 megawatt-hours.
By Nuran Erkul Kaya
Anadolu Agency
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