71 villages in C. Java not yet electrified<\/p>\n
Suherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, Semarang, Central Java<\/p>\n
Central Java will carry out a community-based electricity
\nprogram, besides speeding up the establishment of several power
\nplants, to meet the increasing demand for power in the province,
\nsays governor Mardiyanto.<\/p>\n
\"The provincial administration will encourage villages that
\nare not yet electrified to partly finance the program so that
\nthey could enjoy electricity immediately,\" he said here over the
\nweekend.<\/p>\n
He said that the 71 villages had not been electrified because
\nthey were located in remote areas that could not be connected
\nwith the power networks belonging to the state-owned PT PLN.<\/p>\n
Mardiyanto explained that several villages could develop a
\nvillage cooperative to represent them to work with the local
\nadministration to construct a power generator. He said the
\nvillage cooperative would manage the power plant and distribute
\nthe power to the villages.<\/p>\n
He also said that the demand for power had increased to 7,000
\nmegawatts in line with the increasing number of factories and
\nhouseholds in the province. With the existing power plants, the
\nprovince can produce only 1,700 Megawatts.<\/p>\n
To meet the increasing power needs, he said, the provincial
\ngovernment had encouraged the central government and PLN to speed
\nup several power plant projects in the north and south of the
\nprovince.<\/p>\n
\"We are working hard to increase the province's production
\ncapacity to around 5,500 megawatts with the new power projects in
\nthe province,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He cited the Tanjung Jati B power project in Jepara, which is
\nexpected to produce 1,300 megawatts, the power project in Tambak
\nLorok with a capacity of 1,000 megawatts, the power project in
\nDieng, with 60 megawatts and the power plant project in Cilacap
\nrecently inaugurated by President Megawati Soekarnoputri that
\nwill have a production capacity of 6,600 megawatts.<\/p>\n
The President also inaugurated Tanjung Jati A and Tanjung B
\nwas inaugurated last month, he said: \"We are seeking foreign
\ninvestors to invest in the power sector because it would give
\nbenefits to the local administration.\"<\/p>\n
The power plants in the province have also given a significant
\ncontribution to the Java-Bali distribution networks, he added.<\/p>\n
The governor said he had also asked the local PLN office to
\nenhance cooperation with the local police to curb rampant power
\ntheft in the province.<\/p>\n
Spokesman for the Central Java and Yogyakarta PLN region Embut
\nSubiyanto said that the police had arrested a number of people
\nfor stealing power from the PLN network and a substantial number
\nof main circuit boards (MCB).<\/p>\n
\"PLN will continue to cooperate with the police to stop the
\npower theft and thieves, especially industries, should be given
\nharsher punishment and fines,\" he said.<\/p>",
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