Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 2.9% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 905,344 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,629 megawatt-hours at 4 p.m. local time (1300 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,080 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 896,664 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a fall of about 3.4% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for 20.1% of total generation, while natural gas and hydroelectricity plants contributed 15.3% and 13.4%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,106 megawatt-hours, and imports totaled 13,787 megawatt-hours.
By Duygu Alhan
Anadolu Agency
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