Malls agree to switch power generators for 3 hours per week
Malls and office buildings agreed with state power company PLN to enact a less severe version of a regulation on power-saving after originally rejecting the decree and threatening protests.
Director PLN for Java and Bali, Murtaqi Syamsudin said that the parties agreed that the businesses will switch to power generators for three hours per week, instead of the initially proposed 10 hours.
According to APPBI secretary general, Sutoto Soerjadi, malls and office buildings operating from 7 a.m. till 6 p.m. will have to use power generators from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. once a week on weekdays. Those that operate from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. must run on power generators from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m.
Murtaqi said that PLN had met its target of saving an average of 180 MW per day under the regulation and that it expected to save 600 MW with the participation of malls, hotels and office buildings, which would secure stable power supply for Java and Bali (www.thejakartapost.com).
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