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The Java-Bali electricity supply system has been suffering a 20 megawatt
capacity deficit over the past two days following disruptions that happened
simultaneously at a number of power plants forcing the PLN to apply power
blackouts in certain areas especially at high usage times between 5pm to 10pm.
Vice President Jusuf Kalia said state electricity copy PT PLN must strive to
increase its production capacity in Java and Bali in parallel with the
continuous growth in social-economic activities on the two islands.
He said the government had launched a program to build power plants in Java and
Bali with a combined capacity of 10,000 MW but in the meantime the ratio between
electricity production capacity and economic activities had reached such a
precarious level that disruptions at just one or two power plants had a direct
effect on the reliability of the entire power supply system.
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