Türkiye's daily power consumption down 1.42% on Dec. 25

- Electricity exports amount to 16,273 megawatt-hours and imports total 1,485 megawatt-hours

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 1.42% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 993,480 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 48,137 megawatt-hours at 12 a.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,339 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,023,499 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an decrease of 1.48% compared to Tuesday.

Electricity production from natural gas constituted 26.8% of total generation, while imported coal and wind power plants contributed 23.8% and 12.3%, respectively.

On Wednesday the country's electricity exports amounted to 16,273 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 1,485 megawatt-hours.

By Humeyra Ayaz

Anadolu Agency

energy@aa.com.tr