Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye decreased 2.2% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,000,752 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 48,474 megawatt-hours at 11 p.m. local time (0800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,108 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,013,430 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a fall of 2.4% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 31.8% of total generation, while imported coal and hydroelectricity plants contributed 24% and 11.4%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 12,916 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 241 megawatt-hours.
By Duygu Alhan
Anadolu Agency
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