Java and Bali will receive an additional 1,535 megawatts (MW) of power supply this year, although the increased capacity would still not still reach an ideal level, state power firm PT PLN said over the weekend.
PLN’s director for the Java and Bali region, Murtaqi Syamsuddin, said PLN’s system in the area would receive more power from three new power plants and two upgraded power plants.
“Some of the power plants under the 10,000 MW crash program will start to operate this year and will increase power capacity for the Java and Bali system,” Murtaqi said as quoted by Antara.
The government launched the first 10,000 MW power project in 2006 in a bid to anticipate increasing power demand, especially in the Java-Bali system where power demand rises by an average of 6.72 percent every year.
