Germans lend $30m to PLN in Sulawesi

Germans lend $30m to PLN in Sulawesi

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: A German bank has loaned Indonesia's
state-owned electricity company PT PLN approximately US$30
million to build a high-voltage electricity distribution network
for South and Southeast Sulawesi, PLN general manager Rachmadi
Danoe Atmadja said here on Monday.

The network will extend over an area of 280 kilometers,
stretching from the districts of Bone, Bulukumba, Bantaeng,
Jeneponto, Takalar, Sidrap, Tanatoraja and Palopo, he said.

The construction of the 150-kilovolt electricity distribution
network began in 2003 and will be completed in 2005 in
coincidence with the operation of several new power plants in the
region, he said.

Rachmadi said the new facilities would hopefully reduce
electricity disruptions in the greater Makassar area, where 60
percent of the total number of electricity subscribers in the
region exist. --Antara