Türkiye's daily power consumption up 0.01% on Sept. 21

- Electricity exports amount to 6,269 megawatt-hours and imports total 15,304 megawatt-hours

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.01% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 942,645 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,444 megawatt-hours at 5 p.m. local time (1400 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,206 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 933,611 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 0.19% compared to Wednesday.

Electricity production from natural plants constituted 30.5% of total generation, while imported coal and hydropower plants contributed 24% and 12.2%, respectively.

On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,269 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 15,304 megawatt-hours.

By Sibel Morrow

Anadolu Agency

energy@aa.com.tr