Bali to have electricity cuts

DENPASAR, Bali: The head of the branch of the state-run electricity company, I Made Sebet, said Bali will experience a power cut for two weeks in two stages because of maintenance work at the Gilimanuk gas power plant.

The first cut will last four days from May 3 to May 6; the second for 10 days from June 21 to July 1, Antara reported.

The cuts will last four hours from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Electricity supply in Bali is 313 Megawatts provided from the diesel power plant in Pesanggaran, the gas power plant of Gilimanuk and undersea cables linking Java and Bali.

Madura has just recovered from power cuts lasting over two months due to damage to one of the cables.

Power cuts will be inevitable due to the 24-hour maintenance work in two weeks, the agency reported.