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PLN explains the chronology of the power outages that occurred in DKI Jakarta and surrounding areas. It all started with the explosion of the 500 kV load breaker located at the Extra High Voltage Substation (GITET) in Muara Tawar, Bekasi.
Parts of and around Jakarta had turned off the lights this afternoon. The following is a complete chronology of the blackouts in Jakarta and surrounding areas such as Depok and Bekasi.
The chronology of the outages in and around Jakarta was broadcast by PLN through its official statement and also a press conference, on Sunday (11/1/2020). It all started with a PLN device that exploded at Muara Tawar.
The following is a complete timeline based on cutoff time in and around Jakarta:
– At 12.58 WIB
PLN explained, at 12.58 WIB, there was a 500 kV load breaker or circuit breaker disturbance at Muara Tawar that malfunctioned or exploded.
This disruption affects the supply of electricity from the Citaram address in West Central Java to parts of DKI Jakarta. Finally, PLN has decided to isolate the route that has suffered disturbances and carry out blackouts in 42 substations spread over DKI Jakarta, Depok and Bekasi.
“Then the system is isolated so that the healthy stay healthy. Then the road after Muara Tawar, which was disturbed, then self-isolates so that all systems do not shut down,” said Haryanto WS, PLN regional commercial director , Java, Madura and Bali, at a press conference in PLN. UP2B DKI Jakarta and Banten, Sunday (01/11/2020).
“So what happened at that time was 42 substations experienced blackouts with a load of about 2000 megawatts in parts of East Jakarta and also in the Bekasi area,” he continued.
