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        "id": 2033228,
        "msgid": "pln-batam-restores-power-prioritising-critical-facilities-1791788007",
        "date": "2026-10-12 12:52:37",
        "title": "PLN Batam Restores Power, Prioritising Critical Facilities",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "PLN Batam is restoring electricity in stages, prioritising essential sites such as airports, hospitals and ports while technical teams work to stabilise the system. The cause of the outage remains unknown; although in-person municipal services continue, power cuts have disrupted access to online services.",
        "content": "<p>Batam (ANTARA) \u2014 PT PLN Batam in the Riau Islands has been restoring\nelectricity disruptions gradually, prioritising critical facilities and\npublic-service centres to ensure the comfort of residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRestoration is being carried out in stages, with special attention\ngiven to electricity supplies for critical facilities and public-service\ncentres, such as airports, hospitals, ports and other strategic\nfacilities,\u201d PLN Batam Communications Manager Yoga Perdana Sulastama\nsaid when contacted in Batam on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to an update at 8.49 am, all PLN Batam technical teams were\ncontinuing to work at full capacity to speed up the normalisation of the\nelectricity system, while prioritising safety and the reliability of\nsupplies.<\/p>\n<p>Yoga also said PLN Batam\u2019s main priority was to restore the system\nfirst.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not yet know the cause of the disruption. For now, we are\nprioritising system recovery and the restoration of electricity across\nthe network. We will continue to provide updates,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe apologise for the inconvenience and appreciate the public\u2019s\npatience and understanding throughout the restoration process,\u201d he\nadded.<\/p>\n<p>ANTARA observations at noon found that the Batam Regional House of\nRepresentatives building and the Batam Mayor\u2019s Office were still without\npower and using generators as an alternative energy source.<\/p>\n<p>Batam Communications and Information Agency (Diskominfo) head Rudi\nPanjaitan said the agency was continuing to co-ordinate with PLN, but\nhad received no new information about the cause of the outage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no new information. At the Mayor\u2019s Office, we used a\ngenerator earlier, and PLN power came back on for a while before going\nout again, so the supply is still unstable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, Rudi said face-to-face services for the public were\ncontinuing as usual.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cServices at the municipal government are operating normally. I have\nbeen from the first to the seventh floor, and services are running as\nusual. There are finance and licensing services here. However, online or\napp-based services are still difficult to access because of the power\noutage,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/pln-batam-restores-power-prioritising-critical-facilities-1791788007",
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