Blackout not planned

CORRECTION: Our headline story yesterday misquoted the minister of mines and energy, Ida Bagus Sudjana, as saying that Sunday's blackout was planned. What was planned for Sunday was repair work on transmission line I at the Gandul transmission and load-control station.

While repair work was underway transmission line II overloaded because the three electronic cards that provide load protection were unexpectedly out of order. This caused the Suralaya power station to trip, cutting off power to most areas in Java and Bali. We apologize for the inconvenience the error caused.

-- Editor