Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye decreased 1.96% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,047,310 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 50,176 megawatt-hours at 10 a.m. local time (0700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 34,485 megawatt-hours at 4 a.m. local time (0100 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,060,878 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a fall of 1.94% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 29.4% of total generation, while imported coal and hydroelectricity plants contributed 22.8% and 17.1%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 14,058 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 490 megawatt-hours.
By Handan Kazanci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr