Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 3.2% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 856,783 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,293 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (0500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,224 megawatt-hours at 6 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 845,735 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a fall of 3.3% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 27.1% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 20.3% and 13.6%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,925 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,973 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
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