PLN Restores Electricity System In Sumatra And Bangka

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JAKARTA - PT PLN (Persero) has completed restoring electricity in Sumatra and Bangka.

PLN's Vice President of Corporate Communications, Gregorius Adi Trianto, said that electricity for all customers who had gone out had fully recovered.

The power outage was caused by a tripping interruption of the 150 kilovolt (kV) high-voltage overhead line transmission on the Lahat-Bukit Asam line.

Allegedly the trigger was due to bad weather so that the electricity was cut off.

Currently, the electricity system in the areas of South Sumatra, Bengkulu, Jambi has fully recovered.

"By prioritizing security and safety aspects, PLN officers have succeeded in normalizing 45 Substations (GIs) and recovering more than 1,500 MW of power in stages. At least starting at 21.26 WIB the North Sumatra and Aceh systems have been successfully restored," he said in a statement to the media. , Tuesday, July 5th.

Then followed by the Central Sumatra system that recovered 100 percent and finally the Southern Sumatra and Bangka electricity systems.

He added that PLN officers were engaged in the field from the side of generation, transmission, distribution, to all customers.

At 00:35 all electrical interconnection systems have been successfully restored and all customers are back on.

"PLN expresses its gratitude for the prayers and support from the entire community so that the recovery process can run smoothly," he concluded.