Nani Afrida, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 11/12/2009 7:19 PM
State SOE Minister Mustafa Abubakar has asked officials of state electricity company PT PLN to immediately address the ongoing power shortage in the country, especially in Jakarta, or risk losing their jobs.
“I will discipline those who fail to meet the electricity crisis settlement deadline. I will also reward those who meet the deadline,” Mustafa said during a visit to the Cawang Baru substation in East Jakarta on Thursday.
“Their jobs are at stake. I have asked for no more blackouts in West Jakarta by December 1st,” he added.
An explosion last month at the Cawang substation, which distributes power throughout Java and Bali, caused power shortages across Jakarta. PLN has said the blackouts will end next month.
Mustafa said he had asked PLN officials to take concrete measures to resolve the power outages.
He also urged the state company to curb power theft to 8 percent from 8.6 percent by the end of this year.
“We’ll see where we stand in relation to targets at the end of the year,” Mustafa said.
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