Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.4% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 928,222 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,568 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 30,955 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 944,341 megawatt-hours on Wednesday marking a fall of 0.3% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 30.7% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 25.5% and 13%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 16,940 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 865 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
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