PLN won't totally shut down supply

PLN won't totally shut down supply

JAKARTA: State-owned electricity company PT PLN's Business Distribution Unit, overseeing Jakarta and Tangerang, will not totally shut down its energy supply to the two areas in the wake of the massive floods in the last few days.

The unit's spokesman, Riyo Supriyanto, said on Thursday that, for reasons of public safety, PLN would only switch off its supply to inundated generators that were technically unable to operate. Some residents living in flooded neighbourhoods asked PLN to shut down the supply to prevent electrocutions. -- JP