JAKARTA - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia revealed the cause of PLN's loss. Bahlil emphasized that the construction of a power plant without building a transmission network was the cause of PLN's loss.
Bahlil said the loss came from the take or pay policy that had been used by PLN. Take or pay is a scheme that requires PLN to absorb electricity produced by private power plants according to the contract.
"So so far, Mr. President, why has PLN taken or paid a little loss. Because the network was built, the network was not built," Bahlil said in his remarks at the inauguration of the Jatigede hydropower plant in Sumedang, Monday, January 20.
For this reason, Bahlil admitted that he had asked the President Director of PT PLN (Persero) Darmawan Prasodjo to start building a transmission network in line with the construction of new power plants. He also warned Darmo, Darmawan's greeting, that development be adjusted to what had been planned
"Don't let the PLTU have no network built. This will not be in sync with planning. Or Papuans say other exercises are playing differently, sir. This is what usually damages PLN, which usually makes losses," explained Bahlil.
Moreover, he said, the government is currently preparing an Electric Power Supply Business Plan (RUPTL) 2025-2035 with the addition of 71 GW of power plants accompanied by the construction of a transmission network of 48,000 kilometers of circuits (kms).
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"48 kilometers of the circuit, if he is directly proportional, is approximately km," Bahlil added.
Bahlil further added that Indonesia was actually awarded the wealth of EBT sources to be used as a source of electricity, but the construction of the EBT plant was not accompanied by the development of the transmission network.
"The network that was previously installed is not designed to pick up places where we build new renewable energy. Therefore, we encourage to build a network in the future of approximately 8,000 mw," said Bahlil.
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