Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 1% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,035,469 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 50,080 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,756 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,018,961 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 0.9% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 23.1% of total generation, while hydroelectricity and imported coal plants contributed 19.3% and 19.1%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,385 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 14,018 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
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