PLN Acquires Electricity Loads Of Tjiwi Kimia And Sasa Inti

JAKARTA - PT PLN (Persero) has acquired the electricity load of PT Tjiwi Kimia with a capacity of 30 Mega Watt (MW) and PT Sasa Inti with a capacity of 6.3 MW through the Captive Power Acquisition program.

This agreement also increases the amount of industrial power demand that has been acquired by 52.5 MW.

Previously, PLN had agreed on a cooperation to transfer the use of independent electricity to industrial customers with PT Cheil Jedang for 4.8 MW and PT Petrokimia Gresik for 11.4 MW.

General Manager of the PLN East Java Distribution Main Unit (UID), Lasiran said, this step was a continuation of the collaboration between PLN and PT Tjiwi Kimia in the Incentive Captive Acquisition program or the acquisition of electricity loads since 2021.

"Through this service, customers who have captive power to meet their electricity needs can switch to getting a full electricity supply from PLN," he told the media, Saturday, May 21.

Through the cooperation agreement, PT Tjiwi Kimia has succeeded in reducing the use of its own generator by 30 MW from a total capacity of 230 MW by subscribing to PLN for 100 MVA power and the duration of the cooperation is three years from the previous one year.

The commitment to this collaboration was stated in the signing of the addendum to the power purchase agreement which was attended by the General Manager of PLN UID East Java, Lasiran, Director of the Electricity Development Program of the DJK Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Wanhar, Head of Electricity Division of the ESDM Office of East Java Province, Waziruddin, President Director of PT Tjiwi Kimia represented by Gijan Ongkoredjo, General Manager Plant of PT Sasa Inti, Thomas Iskandar Unardi, and Vice President of Marketing Strategy for the Eastern Region of PLN Jamali, Kris Cahyono.

On the other hand, PT Sasa Inti will subscribe to PLN electricity of 25 MVA which will reduce the use of its own generator by 6 MW from a total capacity of 12 MW for one year.

Through the captive power acquisition service, customers who are willing to switch the use of independent electricity from their generator to PLN electricity will get electricity tariff incentives as well as full reliability of electricity supply from PLN.

"The increased collaboration between PLN and PT Tjiwi Kimia and PT Sasa Inti is evidence of the excellent service quality from PLN for industrial customers in East Java. PLN is ready to support the growth of the industrial sector with sufficient system capacity of 10,138 MW with reserves of 3,258 MW. ,” added Lasiran.

Appreciating PLN's steps, DJK's Director of Electricity Program Development, Wanhar said that the Captive Power service is an innovation by PLN to answer the challenges of surplus electricity conditions and the desire to support economic growth through the industrial sector, sharing productivity and increasing efficiency.

"This PLN innovation prioritizes a win-win solution. The government will also increase industrial competitiveness and economic growth," Wanhar explained.

President Director Tjiwi Kimia, represented by Gijan Ongkoredjo, stated that this collaboration is a form of real synergy between PLN and the pulp and paper industry, in the context of accelerating economic growth and resilience of the domestic industry after the pandemic.

President Director of PT Sasa Inti, represented by General Manager Plant of PT Sasa Inti, Thomas Iskandar Unardi, stated that this cooperation is a step that benefits both parties.

“We have a generator which is actually used to back up PLN. Seeing PLN's performance getting better in the last five to ten years, we are increasingly confident of fully entrusting our industrial electricity supply to PLN," he said.

In the future, continued Thomas, PT Sasa Inti is also considering increasing the duration of the cooperation, and several other power plants to be acquired by PLN.

On the same occasion, PT Tjiwi Kimia is also committed to supporting the use of green energy through the purchase of a new renewable energy certificate (EBT) or PLN's Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) for two years totaling 174,285 units.

The incessant business players buying REC shows a shared commitment to developing NRE power generation capacity in Indonesia in order to achieve the national target of renewable energy of 23 percent by 2025.