JAKARTA - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir has just removed the Primary Energy Director of PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero) or PLN, Rudy Hendra Prastowo. The removal was carried out when PLN was experiencing a coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG) crisis.
The decision to remove it was determined through a Decree of the Minister of SOEs signed by Erick Thohir on Thursday, January 6, 2022.
Erick also appointed PLN Coal Director Hartanto Wibowo to replace Rudy Hendra Prastowo.
"Of course I just signed a letter to change the director of Primary Energy at PLN. With Hartanto as a top talent at PLN, he is 45 years old and I can see that people from various backgrounds have the ability," said Erick to reporters, Thursday, January 6. .
Furthermore, Erick also emphasized that the coal crisis should not happen again in Indonesia.
"I've asked Hartanto to make sure things like this don't happen again," he said. As is known, 10 million PLN electricity customers almost experienced blackouts because 20 PLN power plants did not get a supply of coal. In fact, Erick said that Indonesia is a country that produces large natural resources (SDA), including coal and gas. Thus, the composition of use for electricity should be safer.
"Many countries do not have natural resources. But we do, but the energy crisis means that we have to fix something together," he said.
For your information, the Primary Energy Directors are the result of changes in the nomenclature of the PLN 2 Strategic Procurement Directors. The change was decided by shareholders in 2020.
The Primary Energy Director himself is in charge of handling the issue of energy supply for PLN's power plants, both coal and LNG stocks.
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