PT PLN Opens Registration "Homecoming Fun With SOEs" For More Than 10 Thousand People

Departure of travelers on the "pleasant Homecoming with SOEs" in 2023. (photo: dock. between)

PT PLN (Persero) has opened registration for the "pleasant Homecoming with SOEs" program which aims to provide more than 10 thousand quotas for people who want to celebrate Eid al-Fitr 1445 Hijriah in their hometowns. This program is an annual initiative organized by PLN in collaboration with the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN).

President Director of PT PLN (Persero), Darmawan Prasodjo, stated that this program provides opportunities for people to go home safely and affordable. PLN will provide transportation modes such as buses, ships, and trains that are comfortable and safe for participants. It is also expected to reduce the use of private vehicles to reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector.

Darmawan explained that this program aims to improve traffic safety, especially for vulnerable groups such as women, children, people with disabilities, and parents. In addition, this program is also expected to reduce traffic density during the homecoming season.

PLN opens 6,500 departure quotas from Jakarta and 1,000 quotas each from Bandung, Medan, Makassar, and Balikpapan. Registration can be done through the PLN Mobile application with several predetermined steps. Each participant is required to transfer a security deposit of IDR 100,000 per person as a departure commitment, which will be returned in the form of an electricity voucher worth IDR 100,000 per person.

Re-registration and confirmation will be carried out from March 25 to April 4, 2024 to ensure departure majors. The joint departure from Jakarta is planned for April 5, 2024, with the taking of "home kits" and the return of guarantees being carried out at the PLN Central office.

With so many quotas provided, PLN invites all people interested in participating in and downloading the PLN Mobile application to register. The registration mechanism for the Homecoming Program is Fun with SOEs 2024, namely:1. Participants are required to download the PLN Mobile2 application. One PLN Mobile account can only be used for one registration. 3. Open the PLN Mobile Application and click the Homecoming Banner Fun with BUMN to fill out the registration form.4. Fill in your personal data with the real thing, according to the Identity Card (KTP) for individual participants and Family Cards (KK) for family participants, where 1 KK is a maximum of 4 people.5. The form must be filled by prospective travelers and cannot be represented.6. To maintain the commitment of homecoming participants on the D-day departure, each participant is required to transfer a guarantee of IDR 100,000 per person and will be returned in the form of an electricity voucher worth IDR 100,000 per person. The guarantee money cannot be returned if the participant cancels departure.7. If the quota is fulfilled, then registration will be closed at any time before the set time.