Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 16% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 556,619 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 27,280 megawatt-hours at 1 a.m. local time (2200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 21,091 megawatt-hours at 4 p.m. local time (1300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 560,759 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of 15.7% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from run-of-the-river plants constituted 19.9% of total generation, while hydroelectricity and imported coal plants contributed 19.8% and 15.4%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 7,148 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 3,009 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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