Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye decreased by 0.4% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,017,853 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 48,834 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,479 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,033,183 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a fall of 0.4% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 34.4% of total generation, while imported coal and hydropower plants contributed 23.4% and 11.6%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 15,664 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 334 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
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