PLN Supplies 1.2 Million VA For Joint Vaccination At Istora Senayan

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JAKARTA - PT PLN (Persero) re-connected electricity while the Vaccination Center with BUMN. After providing a temporary electricity connection service of 1 million Volt Ampere (VA) for the location of the Joint Vaccination Center at Tennis Indoor Senayan on March 20, 2021, PLN now provides services for the location of the Joint Vaccination Center for The Elderly in Istora Senayan, Jakarta.

Starting from Tuesday, April 6, the vaccination location in Istora Senayan uses PLN power bank with a total power of 1.2 million VA. Before working with PLN, the event organizers used other power sources that are less environmentally friendly.

General Manager of PLN Main Distribution Unit Jakarta Raya, Doddy B Pangaribuan said pln power bank can be an environmentally friendly electrical solution. Because it does not cause air pollution or noise pollution.

"We have the opportunity to again provide support to the implementation of COVID-19 vaccination with an environmentally friendly electricity supply. For Istora electricity supply, we use PLN Power Bank with power of 1000 kVA and 400 kVA respectively," he said in a written statement received by VOI, Wednesday, April 7.

Similar to the connection in the previous location, said Doddy, this time PLN also provides extra reliability provided specifically for the refrigerator where the vaccine is storage using uninteruptible power supply (UPS) with a power of 30 kVA.

Furthermore, Doddy said, PLN's electricity supply for this vaccination center has been prepared specifically with three layers of back up backup system from 150 kilo Volt (kV) substations and different 20 kV distribution substations.

"We have prepared a backup supply with the same quality and quality as the main supply. This is as a mitigation effort in case of obstacles," he explained.

In addition to providing electricity supplies to the Joint Vaccination Center, Doddy said PLN is also on standby to maintain reliability and increase electricity supply in COVID-19 referral hospitals as well as isolation places such as government-appointed hotels and Wisma Atlet.

One of the organizers of the Joint Vaccination event, Muhammad Topan said that it is confident in the security and quality of PLN services.

"We chose PLN because in terms of safety, PLN is definitely safety, then secondly in terms of service, we believe PLN will provide the best service," he explained.