Welcoming The Republic Of Indonesia's Anniversary PLN East Java Targets Free Electricity Connections 15,552

Lighting in one of the residents' houses (photo: doc. Antara)

SURABAYA - PT PLN (Persero) is targeting 15,552 free electricity connections in East Java by 2022, through the New Install of Electricity Assistance (BPBL), in welcoming the 77th Anniversary of Indonesian Independence, as well as to increase the electrification ratio in the region. General Manager of PLN Main Distribution Unit (UID) East Java (Jatim), Lasiran in Surabaya, Friday, said the program was planned for underprivileged households registered in the Social Welfare Integrated Data (DTKS), domiciled in the 3T area, or meet the criteria as candidates for a validated BPBL recipient. by the village head/lurah or equivalent official. "The BPBL program aims to increase the electrification ratio and meet the uneven demand for electrical energy, especially for underprivileged households that are not yet connected to PLN electricity," said Lasiran. free electricity assistance program from the government, based on the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Regulation Number 3 of 2022 concerning New Install Aid Electricity for Poor Households, which will target 80,000 households without electricity throughout Indonesia. "In East Java alone, there are 15,552 poor households that will be given assistance," he said, as quoted by Antara. carried out to 3,178 underprivileged families spread across Bojonegoro, Jember, Madiun, Malang and Ponorogo, and some of them are planned to be operated before 17 August 2022 as a gift of independence. The state budget is around Rp. 18.6 billion," Lasiran said.

The scheme that will be run in this program, the government will help finance the installation of home electrical installations, the cost of Operational Eligibility Certification (SLO), to the New Connection Fee (BP) as well as charging the initial electricity token. in East Java will improve people's living standards and move the wheels of the economy, especially the momentum of independence day as they say now they have been freed from darkness," said Lasiran. .