Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 2.44% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 976,209 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,708 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 31,483 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 980,075 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 2.71% compared to Tuesday..
Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 21.3% of total generation, while imported coal plants and wind plants contributed 21% and 16.2%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 3,284 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 7,128 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr