Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 2.3% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 956,101 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,322 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,586 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 944,142 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 2.4% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.2% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed 21.5% and 14.1%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 4,887 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,848 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr