The Gilimanuk power plant needs maintenance to ensure future supply. The maintenance will cause electricity shortages starting from yesterday until October 22. PLN have advised that if each of their clients cut their consumption by 100 watts during peak hours of 5pm to 10 pm there will be enough for everyone. If it doesn’t happen PLN will be forced to conduct rolling blackouts.
To address the increased demand for electricity, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inaugurated four new power plants in East Java yesterday, which will create additional electricity to service Java, Madura and Bali in the coming years. The plants are expected to be finalized by 2014, as part of a Presidential mandate with the state-owned PLN.