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State-owned electricity company PLN is working hard to restore electricity to affected regions in North Sumatra and expects electricity supply to resume on Wednesday or Thursday.
A store in Padangsidimpuan city, North Sumatra, is seen with the lights on as it uses a generator on May 22 while others are blanketed in darkness after the Sumatra blackout. The blackout affected almost all provinces in Sumatra. State-owned electricity company PLN said the power supply had returned to normal on Sunday. (kompas.com/Oryza Pasaribu)
State-owned electricity company PLN has estimated that power, which has been cut off since June 4 in several regions in North Sumatra after 12 transmission towers fell in a storm, will resume on Wednesday.PLN’s North Sumatra Transmission and Load Management Center Main Unit (UIP3B) general manager Amirudin said the company was expediting the repair of damaged transmission towers.
