In West Sulawesi, There Are 40 Villages That Have Not Been Electrified

Governor of West Sulawesi, Ali Baal Masdar (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - As many as 93.80 percent of the approximately 660 villages in West Sulawesi Province have electricity from PLN. This means that there are still 40 villages that have not received electricity supply.

"Thanks to the government's hard work, 93.80 percent of villages in West Sulawesi have received electricity as a touch for development carried out by the government," said the Governor of West Sulawesi, Ali Baal Masdar in Mamuju, Thursday, September 24.

Four districts in West Sulawesi which have up to 100 percent of villages have electricity to their residential areas.

"Regencies where all villages are electrified include Majene, Polman, Polman and Central Mamuju," he said.

According to him, the government in West Sulawesi will continue to strive so that West Sulawesi, which has six regencies, all of its villages get electricity services. He conveyed, with electrification in villages in West Sulawesi, it is expected to increase the economic activity of the community.

"For 17 years since the establishment of West Sulawesi, the government has made improvements to the welfare of the community by making electricity available to the community so that it can help carry out economic activities to improve their welfare," he said, quoted from ANTARA.

He also conveyed that the fulfillment of electricity needs in West Sulawesi apart from PLN electricity, the West Sulawesi government has also built electricity infrastructure to support the fulfillment of electricity needs in West Sulawesi, namely since 2017 two micro hydro power plants (PLTMH) have been built in West Sulawesi.

In addition, there are also five solar power plants (PLTS) built in 2018 and in 2019 3956 units of energy-efficient electricity and 84w units of easy electricity were also built.