Türkiye's daily power consumption down 3.9% on April 17

- Electricity exports amount to 5,714 megawatt-hours and imports total 12,230 megawatt-hours

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 3.9% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 915,469 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,308 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,115 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 909,006 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a decrease of 1.9% compared to Wednesday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 20.5% of total generation, while hydroelectricity and solar plants contributed 15.6% and 14.4%, respectively.

On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,714 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,230 megawatt-hours.

By Duygu Alhan

Anadolu Agency

energy@aa.com.tr