PLN to cut fuel consumption
Friday, February 6 2015 - 03:23 AM WIB
"In 2015, fuel consumption will decline to 5.7 million kiloliters," Head of Fuel and Gas Division at PLN Suryadi Mardjoeki was quoted by Antara as saying Friday.
Fuel consumption will decline by some 1.5 million kiloliters this year, after PLN?s generators in the North Sumatra provincial capital of Medan switched to using gas, he explained.
The generators in Medan are expected halve their fuel consumption to 1.5 million kiloliters this year from 3 million kiloliters last year, he stated.
Fuel consumption in Java and Bali will also fall by around 100 thousand kiloliters, after the gas-fueled power plant (PLTG) in Benoa and the thermal power plant (PLTU) in Celukan Bawang, Bali, come into operation.
PLTG Benoa and PLTU Celukan Bawang will commence operation by mid-2015, and consequently, fuel consumption in the Java-Bali grids will fall to 400 to 500 thousand kiloliters from 900 thousand kiloliters, Mardjoeki pointed out.
On the contrary, gas consumption is expected to increase to 475 trillion British thermal units (TBTU) from 450 trillion TBTU in 2014, he said.
Furthermore, at a meeting on Wednesday night, both the government and the House of Representatives (DPR) agreed to set electricity subsidy of Rp 64.84 trillion, and fuel subsidy of Rp 64.67 trillion in the revised 2015 state budget. (*)