Member Of Commission VII Asks PLN To Investigate Cause Of Blackout Incident In Sumatra

PLN officers are repairing electricity in the Banda Aceh area. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Member of Commission VII DPR RI, Mulyanto asked the government and PLN to investigate the main cause of the simultaneous blackout incident in most areas of Sumatra on Tuesday, June 4.

The main cause must be known so that we can mitigate the risk of similar incidents in the future. The previous case of blackout electricity occurred on the island of Java, it turns out that the cause is a Sengon tree. This is a joke related to PLN's reliability of electricity. It's not good for us to hear it," said Mulyanto, quoted Monday, June 10.

He added that PLN must conduct a periodic comprehensive audit of existing transmission networks to increase the reliability of the national electricity system. Moreover, electricity supply in Sumatra is excessive.

"We have to admit the hard work of PLN to keep electricity from lighting up our family's homes by caring for transmission cables that span from Lampung to Aceh in the Sumatra region. So, we have to strengthen this electricity sector. Don't worry about it, you want to be screened through a power steering scheme that reduces the role of PLN," he said.

To note, this massive blackout occurred from Tuesday, June 4, to Wednesday, June 5 from Aceh to Lampung experiencing a rotating blackout with a duration varying from 10 to 24 hours.

The outage of electricity occurred due to disturbances in the interconnection network of the Extra High Voltage Air Line (SUTET) 275 kV Linggau-Lahat which was connected to a number of areas in Sumatra.

An inspection of 90 kilometers of transmission lines consisting of 300 towers has been carried out. PLN has only discovered minor causes such as towers adjacent to trees, disconnected clocks and others. PLN still cannot confirm the main cause of the blackout.