The Ministry Of Energy And Mineral Resources Calls Over Supply PLN The Impact Of Risk Management Has Not Been Implemented

Illustration (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Secretary of the Directorate General of Electricity, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ida Nuryatin Finahari said that the excess electricity supply or oversupply of PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara/PLN (Persero) was one of the impacts of risk management that had not been carried out properly.

"Seeing that this over supply is one of the impacts of our risk management that has not been carried out properly, I see it like that," said Ida Nuryatin in Business and Risk Perspective Energy Transformation Talk quoted from Antara, in Jakarta, Wednesday, March 1.

To overcome this, he said, the construction of a transmission network to Sumatra could be an alternative step in overcoming the growing problem.

"How to overcome oversupply in Java-Bali, build a network to Sumatra, this is one option to accelerate it," he said.

However, his party does not yet know in detail the source of the allocation of funds that PLN will use to finance the project.

"Even if the PLN budget is not sufficient, it is necessary for PMN (state capital participation), we should try to do that, but so far I have frankly explained whether my friends at PLN have conveyed their needs if they build from Sumatra to Java how much needs," he also said.

Previously, PT PLN President Director Darmawan Prasodjo explained that in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, PLN acknowledged that it was facing challenges over supply. To mitigate the Take or Pay (TOP) burden,

PLN carried out contract optimization, especially with Independent Power Producer (IPP). "In the midst of oversupply conditions, we independently negotiated with IPP to postpone its COD so that its oversupply would not get worse. And finally we managed to fight for cost saving of up to IDR 47 trillion from joint consultation with 17 IPP independently to find a meeting point for solutions," said Darmawan. in dealing with oversupply conditions, he continued, PLN also took various steps to increase electricity consumption.

PLN carries out an extensification and intensification strategy to increase electricity consumption.