According To GI Banyuwangi, The Director General Of Gatrics At The Ministry Of Energy And Mineral Resources Ensures That Java-Bali Electricity Is Safe Ahead Of The New Year

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JAKARTA - Acting Director General of Electricity at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Dadan Kusdiana directly inspected the distribution infrastructure and network of PT PLN (Persero) ahead of the New Year.

Dadan said the government wanted to ensure that during the Christmas and New Year (Nataru) period the community would get access and reliable electricity supply.

"Electricity is from upstream to downstream, in terms of providing primary energy we are safe. Second, we make sure in terms of generation, transmission, then distribution everything goes well," he said during a review at the Banyuwangi Substation Monday, December 26.

From this review, he also saw that PLN was ready to alert 3,293 personnel spread across 152 East Java-Bali standby posts. In particular, he visited Banyuwangi to anticipate the surge in homecoming flows from East Java to Bali.

"PLN prepares very well in terms of personnel, especially for the Nataru period. Especially for Banyuwangi, this is important because it also supports Bali," added Dadan.

Furthermore, Dadan appreciated PLN's readiness to anticipate Nataru in Bali by supplying an additional power from East Java of 273 mega watts (MW) to anticipate a power surge as well as for reserves. This is still reinforced by the existence of a PLN standby post which will be available until January 4, 2023.

"Alhamdulillah, we have gone through one stage for Christmas. Thank you for running smoothly. Now we are moving to the second stage to face the new year. We will increase alertness," said Dadan.

PLN Distribution Director Adi Priyanto explained, in terms of primary energy PLN is not only ready in terms of coal supply, but also gas supply, hydrology of hydrologies of hydropower, and fuel for emergency.

"Our readiness is 100 percent, starting from yesterday until the new year 2023. We are preparing layered backups for venues organized by the community and the government," he said.

Adi also emphasized that the public does not need to worry if they want to go home or go on vacation around Java-Bali. Because currently there are 189 units of Public Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (SPKLU) in Java Island and 313 SPKLU units in Bali.

"Hopefully, with our readiness starting from generation, transmission, distribution, this business will make there no problem with the electricity supply for East Java-Bali," concluded Adi.