Indonesian PLN ensures electricity reliability for G20 Summit
Surabaya, The Gulf Observer: Indonesian State-run electricity provider PT PLN’s Main Transmission Unit for Eastern Java and Bali areas (UIT JBM) is working on ensuring the reliability of the power supply for the 2022 G20 Summit.One of the keys to the success of the G20 Summit is a reliable electricity system, director for system transmission and planning at PT PLN’s UIT JBM, E. Haryadi, said in a statement issued on Monday.”We will provide the main electricity supply from the system in Bali province. Furthermore, we will also standby the (backup) supply from the system in East Java province if the supply in Bali province is insufficient,” he informed.
PT PLN’s UIT JBM is preparing the Paiton steam-fired power plant (PLTU) to back up the electricity supply to Bali province, he added.”One of them (the prepared backup supply) is by using the high-voltage electricity system (500 kilovolts and 150 kilovolts) from Paiton (a sub-district in East Java province) to Bali province, which is the host of the event,” the director said.
In addition, he informed that the company will set up nine monitoring posts in the two provinces one week before the implementation of the summit, which is scheduled to take place from November 15–16, 2022.
