Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 2.5% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 786,235 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 38,685 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 27,430 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 803,294 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking a fall of 2.7% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 26.9% of total generation, while wind and natural gas plants contributed 15.8% and 13.8%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 17,098 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 55 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
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