TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search results
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search resultsPLN replaces outdated electricity meters
KUPANG: State electricity company PT PLN will replace around 10,000 billing meters that are more than 20 years old for consumers in several areas in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) including Timor Island, Sumba and Flores
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
K
UPANG: State electricity company PT PLN will replace around 10,000 billing meters that are more than 20 years old for consumers in several areas in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) including Timor Island, Sumba and Flores.
“For the first phase this month, as many as 1,731 units will be replaced,” Paul Bolla, the company’s spokesperson, said on Friday.
“No fee will be charged for the replacement,” he said.
He said the replacement was necessary to reduce the power load due to damaged meters. “Ideally, a meter must be replaced after 15 years.”
According to company’s data, NTT PLN has 67,000 pre-paid customers, 13,500 of whom live in western Flores, 14,000 in eastern Flores, 12,000 in Kupang and the rest scattered throughout Sumba, Rote and Alor.
Paul said pre-paid meters gave customers an advantage, as power use could be controlled and the customers did not need to fear having their connections terminated due to late payment.
