Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.5% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 914,357 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,942 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 32,906 megawatt-hours at 4 a.m. local time (0100 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 911,000 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a decrease of 0.04% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25% of total generation, while natural gas and hydroelectricity plants contributed 23.8% and 15.2%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 4,165 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 7,548 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
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