Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 1.02% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 940,026 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,113 megawatt-hours at 11 a.m. local time (0800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,940 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 941,534 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a fall of 0.57% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 21.9% of total generation, while wind energy power plants and hydroelectricity plants contributed 19% and 17.5%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,811 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 5,334 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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