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View all search resultsElectricity back to normal in Sumatra after blackout
The blackout affected not only North Sumatra, but also other provinces inlcuding Aceh, West Sumatra, Riau, Jambi and South Sumatra.
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A store in Padangsidimpuan city, North Sumatra, emits generator-powered light on May 22, as the street lies shrouded in darkness. The blackout affected almost all of provinces on mainland Sumatra Island. Electricity company PT PLN said electricity was normal again on Sunday. (kompas.com/Oryza Pasaribu)
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lectricity came back online on Sunday after a total blackout in almost all of Sumatra since Friday evening, causing massive disruptions as the public is demanding compensations from electricity company PT PLN, a unit of Indonesian sovereign wealth fund PT Daya Anagata Nusantara.
Spokesman of PLN North Sumatra Main Distribution Unit (UID), Diki Nasution, said the electric system in the province returned to normal at 5:07 a.m. and ensured there would be no more blackouts.
“It is already restored 100 percent and there are no more blackouts in North Sumatra,” he told The Jakarta Post on Sunday.
The blackout affected not only North Sumatra, but also other provinces inlcuding Aceh, West Sumatra, Riau, Jambi and South Sumatra.
A lecturer from Medan State University, Majda El Muhtaj, said PLN was obliged to provide compensiations on losses suffered by customers during the blackout. He said that he was one of the cutomers who directly suffered from the blackout.
“The electricity was out for 17 hours in my area, this blackout has paralyzed my activities as a citizen,” he told the Post on Sunday.
”Not only material losses, but I also suffered from immaterial losses because my family and I were panicked during the blackout.”
