Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye decreased by 1.6% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 966,026 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,101 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 34,364 megawatt-hours at 4 a.m. local time (0100 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 975,631 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a fall of 1.6% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 22.3% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed 21.7% and 12.5%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 12,794 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 3,198 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr