Lack Of Supply Of 40 MW, PLN Still Performs Rotating Extinguishing In Banda Aceh

President Director (Managing Director) of PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) Darmawan Prasodjo (middle-back) attended an online press conference from Aceh led by Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia, at the Office of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Jakarta. (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - President Director of PT PLN (Persero) Darmawan Prasodjo admitted that there was still a shortage of 40 Mega Watt (MW) so there was still a turnover of electricity in Banda Aceh.

"Banda Aceh is still experiencing a rotating blackout. Where there is still a supply shortage of 40 Mega Watts," Darmawan said online to the media crew, Tuesday, December 9.

So far, Darmawan continued, electricity for Banda Aceh has been supplied from a power plant owned by PLN in Arun. However, there was massive damage to the Aceh electricity system due to flash floods that occurred at the end of last November. One of the damage that occurred was the transmission between Bireun and Arun, there were 6 transmission towers that were swept away by the flood. As a result, PLN's generator in Arun was unable to drain electricity to Banda Aceh so that a rotating blackout was carried out.

Darmawan PLN said that he was trying to restore the transmission connection that connects Aceh with the Sumatran electricity backbone.

"Earlier, the direction from the Minister, we were all ready to carry out, restore transmission from Sumatra backbone to Langsa (Aceh)," continued Darmawan.

He added that the termination of the transmission caused the Aceh electricity system to be isolated from the Sumatran electricity backbone.

Adapun waktu yang dibutuhkan PKLN untuk memulihkan jaringan ini adalah selama 5 hari terhitung sejak hari ini.

“Perbaikan ini membutuhkan waktu sampai hari Minggu, di mana kami akan segera memulihkan Banda Aceh sampai hari Minggu nanti,” kata Darmawan.

Untuk mengurangi frekuensi pemadaman listrik, PLN akan mendatangkan genset ke Banda Aceh.

"Selama 5 hari pemulihan ke depan, kami sudah berusaha mendatangkan genset untuk Banda Aceh dan juga pembangkit untuk Banda Aceh,"kata dia.

The time that PKLN needs to restore this network is 5 days from today.

"This improvement will take until Sunday, where we will immediately restore Banda Aceh until Sunday," said Darmawan.

To reduce the frequency of blackouts, PLN will bring generators to Banda Aceh.

"During the next 5 days of recovery, we have tried to bring in generators for Banda Aceh and also a generator for Banda Aceh," he said.