Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye decreased by 3% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 913,098 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,189 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 32,586 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 919,069 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a decrease of 3.1% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 23.5% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydroelectricity plants contributed 17.3% and 11.7%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 11,524 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 5,608 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
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