PLN implements energy-saving program<\/p>\n
Sri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta<\/p>\n
To reduce electricity demand in the provinces of South Sumatra,
\nJambi and Bengkulu, state electricity company PLN has started to
\nimplement a demand-side management program.<\/p>\n
Head of PLN Palembang branch Syafri Djamil told a media
\nconference here on Friday that the program was targeted at PLN
\ndomestic customers who had a supply below 900 watts.<\/p>\n
\"The program has been established for the benefit of the
\npublic, which has been badly affected by the recent hike in
\nelectricity prices,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Through the program, PLN is offering a Rp 3,000 (36 U.S. cent)
\ndiscount for each energy-saving light bulb bought by PLN
\ncustomers, with a maximum purchase of three bulbs per customer
\nper year.<\/p>\n
The program has been widely promoted through TV ads, and has
\nbeen carried out in West, Central and East Java provinces since
\nMarch.<\/p>\n
\"Through the program, PLN branches in South Sumatra, Jambi and
\nBengkulu provinces will be able to save some 101 megawatts per
\nyear. It also means we'll save some US$101 million in government
\nexpenditure on electricity production,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"If all customers used the energy-saving bulbs, we could save
\nmore.\"<\/p>\n
PLN has estimated that if all customers used the bulbs, it
\nwould be able to save some Rp 54 billion per year.<\/p>\n
Syafri said that the estimate was based on an assumption that
\nsome 892,429 household customers in the three provinces, from a
\ntotal of 1.2 million, would use the energy-saving bulbs.<\/p>\n
The heads of PLN's South Sumatra, Jambi and Bengkulu branches
\nsigned on Friday a business contract with GE (General Electric)
\nLighting Indonesia to buy 535,470 nine-watt, energy-saving light
\nbulbs.<\/p>\n
The contract was to optimize use of electricity in the three
\nprovinces. The contract was also part of PLN's program nationwide
\nin anticipation of an imbalance between electricity supply and
\ndemand in the country.<\/p>\n
President director of GE Lighting Indonesia Dono Prihadi said
\nthat the contract was the first between PLN for the three
\nprovinces and the company.<\/p>\n
He added that GE had so far sold some 30,000 energy-saving
\nlight bulbs through the program in West, Central and East Java.
\nHe stated that the company had not signed a business contract
\nwith PLN in the three provinces, but declined to elaborate.<\/p>",
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