Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by around 2% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 876,512 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,920 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 29,438 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 863,539 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a rise of 1.7% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas constituted 26.3% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 25.8% and 13.1%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 4,269 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,242 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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