Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 3.1% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,145,029 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 56,065 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 36,681 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,144,957 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 3.2% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 29.5% of total generation, while imported coal and hydropower plants contributed 21% and 16.3%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 14,458 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 14,615 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
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