Meeting with PT PLN Suluttenggo Management, Senator Stefan Checks Availability of Electrical Energy in North Sulawesi

20 October 2022 oleh admin

dpd.go.id- Member of DPD RI Ir. Stefanus BAN Liow, MAP directly checked the readiness of PT PLN (Persero) Regional Main Unit (UIW) of North, Central Sulawesi and Gorontalo (Suluttenggo) in the availability of electrical energy in North Sulawesi.

The SBANL senator alias Stefa, as the member of Committee II of the DPD RI for the North Sulawesi Constituency, wants to ensure the availability of electrical energy to support the competitiveness of industry and household needs, including in the face of the National Christmas Day in 2022 and the New Year in 2023. According to Senator Stefa, that by the current condition of electricity is oversupply, so it is hoped that no industry and households in North Sulawesi will have difficulty getting electricity supply. However, said Senator Stefa who is also the Chairman of the Regional Legislation Affairs Agency (BULD) DPD RI, that he is still listening to complaints, especially from households that do not have electricity, and even power outages that have an impact on damage to household appliances/equipment.

However, Senator Stefa appreciated PT PLN Suluttenggo for being so responsive and reacting quickly in overcoming electricity problems, especially blackouts due to technical damage and natural factors as well as strategic and concrete programs in the electricity sector in this area.

During a working visit and meeting that took place at the PT PLN UIW Sulutenggo Management Meeting Room in Manado, Thursday (20/10), Senator Stefa was received by the General Manager of PT PLN (Persero) UIW Suluttenggo Ari Dartomo, represented by the Senior Manager of Finance, Communications and General Affairs Wijaya Gautama, Manager of IPP and Captive Power Ade Rahmat and Marketing Manager of Yudistira. During the meeting, Senator Stefa also asked about the implementation, especially in North Sulawesi, regarding Presidential Instruction Number 7 of 2022 concerning the use of electric-based motorized vehicles. Meanwhile, Senior Manager Wijaya Gautama conveyed an apology from the General Manager of PT PLN UIW Suluttenggo Adi Dartomo who could not receive Senator Stefa directly, because he was on a working visit in Central Sulawesi and asked for it to be scheduled for next week. Responding to what Senator Stefan said, then the three Managers of PT PLN UIW Suluttenggo respectively Wijaya Gautama, Ade Rahmat and Yudistira in turn explained that his party continues to carry out programs and efforts to support accelerated development in the region, including the availability of electrical energy for both industry and society including households. Currently, electricity is in oversupply. With a surplus of 4.31 MW of electricity, there are no industries and households in this area having difficulty getting electricity supplies. However, it was realized that natural factors and technical constraints resulted in power outages, where with PLN's human resources supported by various parties it was immediately restored. Likewise in certain areas such as the PLTS programmed to meet the availability of electrical energy. Regarding the technical application of Presidential Instruction 7/22, there are already several Public Vehicle Filling Stations (SPKLU) and efforts are being made to add them by the end of 2022 and procurement in 2023. In the work and meeting, this is in the context of supervising the implementation of Law Number 30 of 2009 concerning Electricity and its amendments to Law Number 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation. (*)