Ministry Of Energy And Mineral Resources: 84 Percent Of Flood Affected Distribution Substation Has Normalized

Floods in Jabodetabek. (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Electricity Inspector Team of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources went directly to the field to conduct monitoring inspections of electricity recovery in flood-affected areas in DKI Jakarta, West Java and Banten, from Thursday 2 January to today, Friday 3 January.

Based on reports as of January 3, 2020 at 09.00 WIB, 84 percent of electricity affected by flooding in the three areas has been restored. Of the total 6,338 distribution substations that were affected by the flood, 5,344 have returned to normal.

"Until this morning at 09.00 WIB the condition of the distribution substation which has been normalized has again reached 84%," said the Coordinator of the Inspector of Electricity at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Yunan Nasikhin in his statement.

Yunan conveyed that the Electricity Inspector team will continue to supervise electricity engineering so that electricity safety can be realized. With this supervision together with PLN, the public feels more secure from the risk of electrical disturbances.

It was reported that the team of electricity inspectors, for the DKI Jakarta area, 16 Customer Service Implementation Units (UP3) under the work area of PT PLN (Persero) Distribution Jakarta Raya were affected by the flood. A total of 3,051 units of distribution substations were affected or were deliberately shut down for the safety of residents with the condition that 2,530 units had been normalized (83 percent) and 521 units were still out (17 percent).

In West Java, six UP3s under the PLN West Java Distribution work area were affected by flooding. Of the 2,689 units of distribution substations that were affected by the flood, 2,334 units were normalized (87 percent) and 355 units were still out (13 percent).

In Banten, six UP3s under the PLN Banten Distribution work area were affected by flooding. Of the 598 distribution substations affected by the flood, 480 units have been normalized (80 percent) and 118 units are still out (20 percent).

PLN has also reportedly alerted 3,200 personnel to restore electricity after the flood that hit Jabodetabek.