PLN Believes the Kalimantan Coal Blockade Will Soon Be Over

Monday, 28 May, 2012 | 17:33 WIB

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The State Electric Company (PLN) is certain that the coal blockade along Sungai Barito, Kalimantan, will be over. However, PLN is also ready to face the worst scenario, that is, the stoppage of coal supplies from Kalimantan.

An import scenario scheme will be clarified if Java really gets no supplies from Kalimantan," said Helmi Najamudin, Head of the PLN Coal Division in a tex-message to Tempo Sunday, May 27, 2012. But Helmi did not say from what country PLN will import coal and how much money will be allocated. "Don't know," he said.
Helmi said the planned coal import would be made in reply to the question what PLN would do if the blockade could not be overcome by police. "I said, so that PLTU (steam-powered generating plants) continue to produce electric power, the only way PLN has to do is import coal," he said.

Due to the blockade, until the next 25 days PLN will not suffer losses yet, as the coal supplies for Java will be enough for 25 days.

The coal blocade along the Barito River in Kalimantan is part of the action to demand more quotas of subsidized fuel for Kalimantan.

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