Consumption Increases At The Beginning Of The Year, PLN Raises Revenue Of IDR 25.13 Trillion In January 2022

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JAKARTA - Increasing the number of electricity sales in January 2022, PT PLN (Persero) posted revenues of Rp. 25.13 trillion, an increase of 12.38 percent. This amount is greater than the same period last year (year on year) of Rp22.36 trillion.

PLN's Executive Vice President of Corporate Communications and CSR, Agung Murdifi, said that the increase in PLN's revenue in January 2022 was triggered by the increase in electricity sales growth.

"In January 2022, electricity sales were recorded at 22.45 Gigawatt hour (GWh), an increase of 1.03 percent from the same period last year of 22.23 GWh," said Agung.

Agung added that the increase in electricity sales is proof that the Indonesian economy is starting to recover, which was previously sluggish due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

To encourage the Indonesian economy to be excited again in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, PLN has implemented a number of programs that relieve customers such as discounts on the cost of adding electricity and the convenience of new installation services.

The Company also encourages the implementation of a lifestyle by using electricity-based equipment in daily life or an electrifying lifestyle, such as encouraging an ecosystem of battery-based electric vehicles and the use of induction cookers.

In addition, PLN also continues to look for new market opportunities, such as in the agricultural, livestock, plantation, and fisheries sectors as well as marine through electrifying agriculture and electrifying marine programs.

PLN's breakthrough pushed customer growth to increase by 4.77 percent (yoy) to 82.8 million subscribers in January 2022.

This increase in the number of customers is supported by an increase in generating capacity of 29 Megawatts (MW) in January 2022, an increase of 209.57 percent (yoy).

The electricity supply to customers is also supported by the addition of PLN's transmission capacity by 2.22 percent (yoy) to 177 circuit kilometers (kms) until the end of January 2022. For the PLN Substation there is an additional capacity of 120 Mega Volt Ampere (MVA).

Meanwhile, for distribution substations, PLN recorded an additional 34 MVA capacity. The infrastructure development supports the expansion of electricity supply to customers.

Service improvement is not only about providing electricity supply, PLN also makes it easy for its customers to take advantage of the facilities that have been provided through PLN Mobile.

Since its launch on December 18, 2020, more than 17 million users have registered with PLN Mobile with a satisfaction level of 4.8 out of 5.