Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 0.7% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 964,462 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,794 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 32,229 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT)
Electricity production amounted to 962,088 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a fall of 0.6% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.8% of total generation, while natural gas and hydropower plants contributed 19.3% and 14.2%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 14,282 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,450 megawatt-hours.
