List of PLN customers that have free electricity from the government All page

YAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The government is implementing PLN’s free electricity program for certain categories of customers. This policy was taken as a step to reduce the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19).

Not all PT PLN (Persero) customers can get free electricity. This electricity bill subsidy only targets certain groups. Here is a list of PLN customers who can get free electricity from the government:

1. All 450 VA customers

PLN’s free electricity requirements for 450 VA energy customers are regulated in Government Regulation instead of Act (Perppu) No. 1 of 2020.

According to data from PT PLN (Persero), there are currently 24 million customers with a capacity of 450 VA. Free PLN electricity for customers in this class is valid for 3 months, that is, April, May and June 2020 (free electricity for 3 months).

Also read: The following are the requirements to get free PLN electricity for 6 months

For 450 VA prepaid customers, each month they are given a free electricity token with the highest number of kWh of monthly use of the last 3 months of use (December 2019 – February 2020) for the token purchase period in April, May and June 2020.

You can obtain a free token by accessing PLN online at www.pln.co.id (pln.co.id service) or through the WhatsApp text message channel.

Customers with 450 VA power themselves have limited electricity consumption as electricity can only be used for sufficient lighting purposes and devices that do not consume much energy, such as fans, etc.

In reality, PLN no longer serves new facilities for 450 VA of electricity, except for customers entering the border, outermost and laggard (3Q) regions.

Also Read: How To Get Free PLN Electricity Tokens By May 2020

2. 900 VA subsidized clients

Unlike the 450 VA customers who get free electricity for a month, 900 VA customers get free electricity in the form of a 50 percent discount from the monthly usage fee.

While 900 VA customers are not subsidized, they do not get relief from paying their electric bill or apply normal rates.

Clients in the 900 VA category of beneficiaries of this grant total around 7 million clients. Especially for 450 VA and 900 VA prepaid subsidies, PLN will provide free electricity tokens as compensation.

For 900 VA prepaid customers, each month they are granted a free PLN or credit with a kWh amount of 50 percent of the highest monthly usage for the last 3 months (December 2019 – February 2020) for the period of token purchase in April, May and June 2020.

3. Small business customers

The government will make electricity free for customers of small businesses and small industries. The scheme, free electricity is granted for 6 months from May to October 2020.

The 6-month free electricity requirements are those entering the Small Scale Commercial (B1) and Small Scale Industry (I1) category of customers with 450 VA power connections, including 500,000 token-based customers .

Also read: Become a small business owner who will get free electricity

Later, the free electricity pulses that are already available can be used immediately. Then, for prepaid customers, the free electricity token is implemented with a free fee scheme for the highest monthly usage of the last 3 months (valid from May to October 2020).

PLN ensures that on Sunday (03/05/2020), all the tokens have been sentgenerateTherefore, the benefits of this program are immediately felt in accordance with the government’s objective.