Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.3% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,020,004 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 49,650 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,038 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,035,119 megawatt-hours on Thursday marking a rise of 0.3% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 33% of total generation, while imported coal and hydropower plants contributed 22.7% and 14.7%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 15,511 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 396 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
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