Electricity in Bengkalis Island Still Frequent Extinguished, This is PLN's Answer

News24xx.com - Power outages on Bengkalis Island continue to occur. This makes Bengkalis residents continue to complain, and confused where to complain. Because there has been no response from Bengkalis Regency Government or from the council.

"If the power goes out like this, we have to complain where we are as citizens in Bengkalis Island. Bengkalis Regency Government does not respond, while the council also does not respond," said Dayat, a resident of Damon Village, Bengkalis, Saturday, October 19, 2019.

Meanwhile, when confirmed Bengkalis Customer Service Unit (ULP) manager, Hasdedy conveyed, currently there is still a deficit of electric power to customers on Bengkalis Island even though the damaged machine has been completely repaired.

Turning outages and ignition will continue to occur and be carried out for at least another 4.5 months, after 13 units of machinery will be overhauled or overhauled.

"Because the engine repair that some time ago suffered damage has been completely done. However, currently there has been an engine maintenance schedule and we have to do it, there are 13 units," he said.

Still Hasdedy said, maintenance had begun in early October, and carried out gradually not all at once. At most one unit of the machine is finished for 10 days if there are no other technical obstacles. "If there are 13 units, the machine maintenance will be completed the fastest in 130 days or 4.5 months," he said.

"And at the moment the machine does not break down and is only in the process of maintenance because it is scheduled and the machine has exceeded the maximum working hours. Like it or not. If it is not maintained, it will trigger more severe engine damage after being forced to operate," he said.

Maintenance of the machine can be done after the technician is complete, the material is available, and a day schedule is arranged so that the outages that occur are not too large. Rotating blackouts are enforced 5 to 1 or, 5 days are on fire 24 hours, there will be a day of blackouts from around 17:00 WIB to 23:00 WIB in various customer areas of Bengkalis Island.

"In the condition of all the power plants in the PLTD Pangkalan Batang operating, but still experiencing a deficit, PLN ULP Bengkalis is also trying to bring in engines or relocate two units from Tembilahan PLTD. For technical delivery of machines weighing 25 tons per unit of Tembilahan," he concluded.