Director Of Project Management And EBT PLN Adapted To Be Honorary Member By AFEO

JAKARTA - PLN's Director of New Renewable Project and Energy Management (EBT) Wiluyo Kusdwiharto received the AFEO Honorary Member award from the Federation Conference of Organizations of Engineers Association in Southeast Asia.

This strengthens PLN's commitment to encourage the formation and implementation of policies, plans, projects relevant to taking into account the country's economic needs and capabilities.

The Honorary Member award was proposed by the Central Indonesian Engineers Union International Cooperation Committee (PII) to AFEO through the selection process at the Asean level at the AFEO Conference (CAFEO) event.

The Federation Conference of Engineers Unions in Southeast Asia or commonly known as the Conference of Asean Federation of Engineering Organization, which was 40th held at the Sokha Hotel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 5-8 December 2022.

This conference contains various activities such as the working group and Asean Engineering Inspectate session.

Wiluyo was grateful for the recommendation of the International Cooperation Committee of the Indonesian Engineers Association (PII) to the Federation of Engineers Association in Southeast Asia (AFEO) so that he became one of the recipients of the AFEO Honorary Member.

Wiluyo said this award is expected to be a motivation, encouragement and whip for the ranks of the Board of Directors and PLN as a whole in providing the best service for the community.

"Hopefully this award will give us the spirit to be better in providing services to the community. Thank you," he said.

Wiluyo explained, to ensure the reliability of electricity supply according to the needs of the country, PLN always provides and builds infrastructure by following the times.

For example, in the midst of global warming like today, PLN encourages the use of New Renewable Energy (EBT) in every electrical infrastructure project.

The goal is to create sustainable energy. This is in line with the government's efforts to achieve the net zero emission target by 2060.

Several examples of initiatives have been taken, such as building EBT-based generators to encouraging the electric vehicle ecosystem through the provision of infrastructure for Public Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (SPKLU) in various regions.

The transformation effort carried out by PLN is a step in responding to current global challenges.

As a state-owned company that serves the community, PLN must appear adaptive and agile so that it can mitigate global problems.

The transformation of PLN is also carried out thoroughly, PLN digitizes generators, digitizes transmission and distribution, digitizes financial systems, procurement systems, payment systems, to digitizes customer service systems.

Through this transformation, make the service system to customers faster. Then, the financial system and procurement become more efficient and electricity operations become more reliable.