Mini Power Plants are needed for all Riau Districs and Cities

General Manager PLN (National Electricity Company) of Riau-Kepri region, Robert A Aritonang in his presentation in the forum titled “Talks of Riau Electricity” currently stated that normal high load of electricity need in Riau with transmitted interconnection system for October consumption reached 234,38 MW. While total power supply was only 159 MW. It means deficit 75,38 MW. “It is our real condition in Riau. We have not enough electric power to fulfill the demand”, he said.

He added that the root cause was coming from the technical problem at the interconnection plant. Now it has been under maintenance and hopefully some of them will be completed end of this month and the other interconnection plants will be completed in next year.

Another objective is the electricity providing isolated system also deficit 11,05 MW. The question is what might be the plant shortly in this crisis situation? He questioned. He said, PLN did perform some solution to this. Firstly, buying exceeded electric power from IKPP 2MW and from RAPP 4MW. Secondly, buying electric power from Riau Power company 20MW. Thirdly, rent PLTGB 6 MW from formal district and private company. “But in fact, all of these power supply still can not provide our electricity need in Riau,” he said. Therefore, in shortly it is necessity to all of us to do more efficiency in using the electricity in order the power will not stay in crisis and we also need to think our future of energy availability, he tried to remain one of the causes.

Mini Power Plant
In the meantime, director of Riau Power company, H Rida K Liamsi said in his presentation that in short term solution for Riau to overcome the electricity crisis is every districts and cities in Riau province have to establish a mini power plant with capacity 6 MW or 2 X 6 MW. “We don’t need to wait until billions US$ project by national state to establish a power plant for us, because it is not fit until today. So that the districts and cities authority must be investing to establish mini power plant by sharing investment with local or foreign investors with project less then 100 billion IDR. Region government will invest 30% while another investor invest the rest 70%, explained his suggestion.

He said that from his Riau Power Company (capacity 20MW) can get profit 5 billion Rupiah. Therefore he ensured Riau region governments to invest in this mini power plant because it will give no lose but profit. The only problem from the district and cities government is all about confidence to invest 97 billion Rupiah to this business area.

In addition to this prospective investment challenge, there are only two districts are establishing the mini power plant while another 7 (seven) districts and cities are still have no plan to establish this mini power plant.