PLN Hopes Discounts Add Power To Improve Productivity Of Papuan MSMEs

JAKARTA - PT PLN Main Unit for the Papua and West Papua Region hopes that a 50 percent power added discount program can encourage increased productivity of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) which will lead to community welfare.

General Manager of PLN UIW Papua and West Papua, Rizky Mochamad said, that this program is in line with PLN's mission to make electricity a medium for improving the quality of life of the community and driving economic activities.

"So we present this discount as a form of appreciation to customers and hope to get more adequate electricity than before," he said, quoting Antara.

According to Rizky, this program is valid from January 1 to 15, 2025 and is open to customers of all tariff groups with a connection of 1 phase that wants to increase their electrical power to 900 VA to 7,700 VA.

"We also hope that apart from MSMEs, people can take advantage of the program, as part of the PLN stimulus to customers," he said.

He explained that customers can take advantage of this discount by purchasing electricity tokens or bill payments through the PLN Mobile application.

"The process of adding power through the PLN Mobile application is very easy and until the end of December 2024, we noted that 254,486 customers in Tanah Papua had downloaded and actively used the application," he said.

He added, if there are obstacles in use, please come directly to the Public Service Mall in Jayapura City or the nearest PLN office spread throughout Papua.

"For example of simulation, customers with an initial power of 900 VA who want to increase their power to 1,300 VA, which usually costs IDR 374,800, now only half of it is enough to pay, which is IDR 187,400," he said.