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PLN still negotiating with Sugar Group Company over Lampung transmission project
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A safety team practices rescuing someone trapped in a high-voltage transmission tower. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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iscussions between state-owned electricity company PLN and the Sugar Group Company regarding electricity transmission in Lampung have reached a significant milestone after the latter agreed to allow electricity transmission lines to pass above its land.
However, the company wants the transmission towers to be no higher than 27 meters, even though usually, transmission towers should be 36 meters above the ground, said Edwin Hidayat Abdullah, the deputy for energy at the State-Owned Enterprises Ministry, in Jakarta on Thursday.
The company argues that PLN must lower the towers so that they will not disturb its fertilizer aircraft, said Edwin.
Negotiations will continue as the 28 kilometer long 150 kiloVolt (kV) transmission project has to pass through some of the company’s fields, he added.
“Actually, PLN wanted to build the transmission line nine year ago, but it could not be implemented because of the problem,” Edwin said during a hearing with the House of Representatives. (bbn)
