Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 0.9% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 885,178 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,002 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,823 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT)
Electricity production amounted to 898,711 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a fall of 0.14% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 26.4% of total generation, while natural gas and hydropower plants contributed 23.2% and 15%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 15,054 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 1,524 megawatt-hours.
By Handan Kazanci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr