Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye decreased by 1.6% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 948,912 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,797 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 31,950 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT)
Electricity production amounted to 945,221 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a fall of 1.7% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.1% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 16.6% and 13.9%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 14,356 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 18,047 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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