Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 1.2% on Sept. 13

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 1.2% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 943,026 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,212 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 32,239 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 931,828 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a decrease of 1.2% compared to Tuesday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 25.7% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 23.2% and 12.7%, respectively.

On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,685 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,883 megawatt-hours.

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