Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.2% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,147,777 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 55,838 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 37,384 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,147,962 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 0.3% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 29.8% of total generation, while imported coal and hydropower plants contributed 20.9% and 15.4%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 14,512 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 14,189 megawatt-hours.
By Duygu Alhan
Anadolu Agency
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