Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Arifin Tasrif said that currently PT PLN (Persero) has received a commitment to supply coal of 6.2 million tons-6.3 million tons from coal producers, so this can ensure the supply of coal. for Steam Power Plant (PLTU) is still available.
This was conveyed by Arifin during an inspection at the head office of PT PLN (Persero) in South Jakarta, Tuesday (04/01/2022).
“There has been a commitment from suppliers to allocate approximately 6.2 million tons-6.3 million tons. Usually, PLN’s consumption per month is around 10 million tons-11 million tons, of which 6 million is additional to overcome the crisis,” said Arifin at the PLN head office, Tuesday (04/01/2022).
He said that this commitment was obtained by PLN after the government imposed a coal export ban which will take effect from January 1, 2022 to January 31, 2022.
He said the crisis in PLN’s coal supply had caused two PLTUs to show red indicators. The two are PLTU Suralaya 1-7 and PLTU Jawa 7 with a total capacity of 5.4 Giga Watt (GW) and threaten the occurrence of power failure in the Java-Madura-Bali (Jamali) region.
As is known, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) has adopted a policy to ban coal exports for the period 1 to 31 January 2022 for holders of Mining Business Permits (IUP) or IUPKs for the Production Operation stage, and IUPK as Continuation of Contract/Agreement Operations and PKP2B.
Director General of Mineral and Coal of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ridwan Djamaluddin said that this step must be taken and is temporary in order to maintain security and stability of electricity and the national economy.
The lack of coal supply for power plants at the end of December 2021 and January 2022 threatens electricity supply for 10 million PLN customers, ranging from the general public to industry in Java, Madura, Bali (Jamali), and non-Jamali.
Nearly 20 Steam Power Plants (PLTU) with a total power of around 10,850 Mega Watt (MW) are threatened with extinction if coal supply for power plants is not supplied by coal companies.
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