President Director Of PLN Tinjau Directly Prepared Electric Supply For Christmas And New Year's Alert At The Jakarta Cathedral Church

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JAKARTA - President Director of PT PLN (Persero) Darmawan Prasodjo and his staff directly inspected the readiness of electricity supply ahead of the Christmas and New Year celebrations (Nataru) at the Jakarta Cathedral Church. Darmawan ensured that PLN was ready to present reliable and safe electricity to meet customer needs during Christmas services.

"This cathedral church is a symbol of Christmas and New Year celebrations throughout the archipelago, therefore we are building a system that really keeps Christmas and church worship celebrations running without any electricity disturbances," Darmawan said while reviewing electrical readiness at the Cathedral Church, Jakarta, Tuesday, December 20 yesterday.

The electricity supply needed by the main church building is 53 kilo volt ampere (kVA). In order to meet the electricity needs, PLN prepared five layers of supply, the first of which was from the main supply from the Kutai auctioneer, the organizer of the Gambir Lama Main Substation, and the Bekasi 2.4 - Cawang 1 - Priok Subsystem.

Then PLN also prepared a backup supply originating from the Livina auctioneer, the Mangga Besar Substation, the Duri Kosambi 1.2 - Gandul 1.3 - Muara Karang substation. Then there is also a reog which includes the Old Gambir Substation, the Bekasi 2.4 Cawang - Cawang 1 - Priok sub system.

Then PLN installed 2 uninterruptible power supply (UPS) as a back up with a capacity of 100 kVA each. The details are, the first UPS as a back up, and the other for the supply of customer service reserves.

"The electricity preparation at the Cathedral Church has 53 kVA installed, and in preparation for Christmas and the new year we ensure that the electricity is not only reliable but the electricity is without flickering," said Darmawan.

In addition, PLN has also alerted officers at several points to monitor electricity supply during Christmas services. Specifically in Jakarta, there are 2,356 PLN officers on standby at 17 Alert Posts in Jakarta to monitor 257 churches in Jakarta.

"In addition, we sent our officers here on standby to be vigilant and always monitor whether it was balancing between the supply and the load, the condition of the equipment in the field and if there is a potential for reliability disturbance, it will be immediately resolved in the field," said Darmawan.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Jakarta Cathedral Church, Hani Rudi Hartoko, expressed his gratitude for the cooperation and support in the electricity supply from PLN for the Christmas Celebration. According to Father Hani, the supply support from PLN allows all Christians to worship in peace and comfort

"We are grateful to represent the cathedral, thank you for the cooperation and support as conveyed earlier on Christmas Day, it is always ensured that the electricity supply is safe. With this UPS, I think for us it really makes worship can take place well," said Father Hani.

According to Father Hani, PLN's commitment to ensuring the reliability of electricity at Christmas is clear evidence to build togetherness between religious communities among the nation's children.

"Once again, thank you for supporting so far, I think this is a real form, and we as Christians are very happy very grateful, this is part of us building togetherness as fellow nation's children," he said.