The increasing frequency of rotating blackouts recently is estimated had disadvantage many parties, including within it are convection business and electronic shop in Denpasar. As what had been assessed by convection company Mama & Leon and Cok Konveksi in Denpasar, when they met with NusaBali on last Wednesday.

We are suffered because of these rotating blackouts since it usually happened in production hours, “said by Jilly Tumampas, the supervisor of MaMa & Leon Convection Company who met in his office at Letda Tantular Street, Denpasar.

Jilly confessed that this rotating blackout makes the quantity of his clothing production disturbed, even the selling rate slowing down. About how much was his lost, Jilly said that he don’t know about the exact number. “Course, we had loss in such a large number since that blackout frequently happened in busy hours when many costumers shopping,” he complained. He also said that his party sometime gave holiday to the employees if there is announcement about rotating blackout in his office. Since there is no generator system in our office, but for our factory in Tabanan, we do have that machine.”

The same thing also suffered by Cok Konveksi in Nusa Indah Street, who usually loss due to that rotating blackout. Ayu Saraswati, Cok Konveksi manager said that in her office, every time there is blackout it will cost solar around Rp 200.000 for their generator machine.

“Before blackout can be considered as rare to happen but now, it almost happened two or three times in a week. So, you can estimate how much production fee we have to spend every month,” said Ayu. Besides, those blackouts that didn’t under any schedule anymore disadvantage people as it is can damage their electronic households, business of office interests.

“Though we starting to get used with it, but if there is miss with the announcement beforehand, it still left some inconvenient and advantages,” said Wayan Sardi, the owner of electronic shop in Denpasar.
Blackout schedule between day and night is not according to the prior notice announced by PLN Denpasar – Nation Electricity Generator – The same with the people since they couldn’t make any preparation as what they done in last October where the schedule is fitted the prior announcement. Whereas, several shops, hotels and restaurants in Bali is not too disturbed by this blackout since they already prepared their generator machine.

PLTG Gilimanuk PLN Public Relation of Denpasar, Mastika denied that a difference with blackout schedule is due to accidentally events. “This is due to the excessive peak which is caused by the hot temperature in Bali recently that makes lot of people use air conditioner or fan,” he explained.

He also conclude that people have not yet realized to cost electricity effectively at least 100 watt in their house. Mastika also said that his party had get strive for the treatment of PLTG Gilimanuk end in the end of November, advancing from the previous schedule that is December 6th. In Bali its peak burden reach for 493 megawatt. While the electrical supply merely 562 megawatt. The electrical source in Bali which comes form PLTG Gilimanuk (130 MW), PLTG Pemaron (80 MW), PLTG Pesanggaran (152 MW) in addition with underwater cable which give 200 MW electricity from Java Island. PLTG Gilimanuk is under treatment in the beginning of last October, it makes electrical supply for Bali got decreased.

News by NusaBali