Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 0.09% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 888,475 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,931 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,294 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 871,837 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a rise of 0.29% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 22.6% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and natural gas plants contributed 21.9% and 16.5%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,462 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 23,163 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
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