PLN shuts down 154 substations

PLN shuts down 154 substations

JAKARTA: The state-owned electricity company PT PLN's Jakarta
and Tangerang Distribution Unit has switched off 154 electrical
substations following flooding over the last two days.

On Monday, PLN announced that 97 substations had been shut
down. By Wednesday, that number had grown to 154.

A total of 129 substations in Central Jakarta's Gambir
subdistrict, Kota in West Jakarta and Priok subdistrict in North
Jakarta had to be shut down. The closure of the substations has
caused blackouts in the nightclub district in Mangga Besar, parts
of the Pantai Indah Kapuk luxury housing estate, the five-star
Hotel Regent in Setia Budi and the flood-prone area of Teluk
Gong, among other places.

Seventeen substations in the Kramat Jati and Jatinegara areas
were also shut down, cutting power to parts of Pasar Minggu and
Bukit Duri as well as the Manggarai railway depot.

PLN also said it had to close down two substations in
Kebayoran and six substations in Tangerang, west of Jakarta, due
to the flooding.

Two men died as a result of electrocution during the massive,
week-long floods that first struck Jakarta on Jan. 28. The recent
sub-station closures are aimed at preventing further casualties.
-- JP