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Blackouts plague West Sumatra

| Mon, 08/31/2009 11:55 AM
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JAKARTA: West Sumatra has been suffering scheduled power cuts after a 6.9-magnitude quake that hit the province earlier this month damaged one of two turbines at steam-powered Sijantang plant in Ombilin.

News portal tempointeraktif.com reported that as many as four power cuts, lasting two to three hours, occurred daily in the province.

Asep Irman, a spokesman of state electricity company PT PLN provincial branch, said Saturday that the company was still repairing the damage and the work would last between one to three months. - JP

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