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Peak electricity load jumps after end of Idul Fitri holiday
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Two employees of state-owned electricity firm PLN work at a main relay station. (Kontan/Cheppy A. Muchlis)
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ith the Idul Fitri holiday over and offices operating as normal, Indonesia has recorded since Monday a significant jump in its peak electricity load.
According to the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, the national peak electricity load reached 23.5 gigawatts (GW) on Sunday. Meanwhile, the operational reserves on the same day stood at around 4 GW as the national power capacity was at 27.5 GW.
On Monday, the national peak electricity load jumped to 31.9 GW with operational reserves of around 7.9 GW.
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“During the Idul Fitri holiday, electricity demand fell drastically as many industries and offices stopped their operations,” Chrisnawan Anditya, the head of planning and reporting at the ministry’s electricity directorate general, said in Jakarta on Monday.
“Over the next few days, the electricity demand will gradually increase.”
In 2016, Indonesia had a total capacity of 51.8 GW in its power plants, 48 percent of which were coal-fired facilities.
During the 2017 to 2026 period, the country aims to operate power plants with a total capacity of 77.9 GW, 40.9 percent of which will be coal-fired ones. (bbn)
