Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 1.3% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,144,580 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 55,057 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 37,343 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,148,202 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a decrease of 0.8% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 24.2% of total generation, while imported coal and hydroelectricity plants contributed 20.3% and 17.3%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,475 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 2,733 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
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