The North Sumatra provincial administration called on PT Inalum, the Japan-Indonesia joint venture aluminium smelter, to help the PLN state power company overcome the province's power crisis
he North Sumatra provincial administration called on PT Inalum, the Japan-Indonesia joint venture aluminium smelter, to help the PLN state power company overcome the province's power crisis.
During a meeting Wednesday, Governor Syamsul Arifin expressed his hopes PT Inalum could work with PLN to address the chronic power crisis.
"We hope PT Inalum is willing to provide 200 megawatts (MW) of power to PLN to curb the blackouts until April."
Public services have been disturbed by the regularly schedule blackouts, and the public has reportedly been increasingly angered.
On Tuesday, students staged a rally at PLN office, urging officials to resign.
The governor said they had to turn to Inalum because PLN was no longer able to guarantee that they would solve the situation.
"I see that the situation is becoming worse by the day. We don't know what else to do but to request help from PT Inalum."
PT Inalum, upon request, has previously transferred to PLN as much as 98 MW of power at night and 45 MW during the day.
"We hope for the same thing this year," said Syamsul, adding he planned to bring the power crisis issue in North Sumatra to the PLN headquarters in Jakarta if PT Inalum failed to meet expectations.
PT Inalum human resource development director Nasril Komaruddin said the company management would report the matter to the company's Japanese shareholders, who hold 60 percent of the stakes at PT Inalum.
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