Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 2.37% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,027,513 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 49,210 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 34,352 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,040,428 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of 2.44% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 22.6% of total generation, while imported coal and hydroelectricity plants contributed 22.5% and 19.6%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 13,702 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 789 megawatt-hours.
By Handan Kazanci
Anadolu Agency
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