Ministry requires PLN to include S. Sumatra mine mouth power plant projects in RUPTL
Tuesday, May 24 2016 - 01:07 AM WIB
MEMR said on Monday in a statement these projects must also be realized.
The MEMR and other related ministries and government offices held a meeting on Monday reviewing the RUPTL document submitted by PLN to the ministry on May 2 for approval.
This portal reported on Monday, quoting a source that PLN has dropped three power plant projects including South Sumatra 9 mine mouth, South Sumatra 10 mine mouth, and South Sumatra 8 mine mouth, and the Sumatra-Java HDVC transmission line from the electricity blueprint document. The projects were included in the previous RUPTL. The MEMR statement did not say anything about the South Sumatra 8 mine mouth power plant project.
PLN is required to make a RUPTL each year and under Electricity Law No. 30/2009, the RUPTL must be approved by the minister of energy and mineral resources through a decree. The meeting on Monday has suggested for PLN to make a number of revisions into the new RUPTL.
The statement said that minister of energy and mineral resources is expected to approve the RUPTL in June of this year.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak