Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 1.12% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 901,925 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,432 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 29,868 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 893,740 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 0.1% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 20.1% of total generation, while natural gas plants and imported coal plants contributed 18.6% and 16.7%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,412 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 13,656 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
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