Here's How To Guard Electricity Supply During The G20 Bali Summit

Illustration (Photo: Doc. Antara)

DENPASAR - PT PLN (Persero) formed five units of posts in the ITDC area, Nusa Dua, Badung, Bali, to ensure that electricity supply during the G20 Summit remained safe from disturbances.

General Manager of PT PLN (Persero) Bali Distribution Main Unit I Wayan Udayana said the G20 Summit event will be attended by more than 20 state leaders, so it is necessary to secure reliable electricity supply and this will risk the good name of PLN and the Indonesian nation.

"We must use the 77th National Electricity Day as a momentum to show that PLN is able to provide reliable electricity for international events, and we must prove this in the next few weeks, namely the G20 Summit," Wayan said as quoted by Antara, Friday, October 28.

Not only at ITDC, PLN also provides posts in areas outside ITDC as well as in PLN offices. Later, he said, the post is ready to become a complaint center if customers need assistance.

In addition, PLN secures electricity supply in five main venues such as I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Kempinski Hotel, GWK, and Mangrove Tahura, 23 hotels that are places for inpatients from the G20 Summit, as well as ensuring a safe electricity supply at six COVID-19 referral hospitals and tourist areas.

To support the G20 Summit, PLN has alerted 1,079 personnel to move quickly in carrying out security and responding to customer needs and this personnel unit is divided into four teams, namely the team that secures the generation, transmission, distribution and ICON +.

Udayana said all personnel alerted by PLN, the resources did not only come from PLN UID Bali, but other PLN units from various regions in Indonesia.

Support equipment was also prepared, including 102 units of uninterruptible power supply (UPS), 36 units of mobile substations (UGB), 29 units of mobile cable (UKB) and 68 units of generators.

"We hope that good cooperation can be established, support and strengthen each other because this event will be a valuable experience whose success is in the hands of all of us," he said.

As a form of PLN's commitment to support the G20 Summit, welcoming the 77th National Electricity Day, PT PLN (Persero) carries out reliability alert picket training activities to ensure the success of the upcoming G20 Summit.

Meanwhile, PLN Executive Vice President of the Java Regional Distribution, Madura, Bali, Ari Wardana said, the 77th HLN should be an important achievement for PLN in providing the best service for customers, so to ensure all aspects do not experience any shortcomings during the G20 Summit.

"This workshop is intended to ensure the control of all personnel against equipment, to better understand, as well as to ensure that officers have mastered field conditions and installations belonging to customers in each venue," said Ari.

Ari emphasized that the reliability of the 20 kV network and backup supply power to all venues during the G20 Summit must continue to be ensured by checking regularly, so that the risk of interference can be overcome.

In this training, training activities were also carried out for officers operating an ultra fast charging public electric vehicle charging station (SPKLU) carried out by a subsidiary of PLN, PT▁ajaora.