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PLN actually requires 154 million tonnes of coal annually to fuel its steam-fired power plants, but has secured contracts for only 134 million tonnes.
A coal barge sails the western Java Sea on Oct. 31, 2023. (AFP/Ronald Siagian)
State electricity firm PLN is short of 20 million tonnes of coal to meet its annual operational needs, even as the government has ordered producers to supply 190 million tonnes to shore up stocks, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said on Monday.Speaking before House of Representatives Commission XII overseeing energy and natural resources in a meeting at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta, Bahlil detailed the gap between contracted supply and actual demand. PLN actually requires 154 million tonnes of coal annually to fuel its steam-driven power plants, but has secured contracts for only 134 million tonnes.
“This means that of PLN's total requirement of 154 million tonnes [for electricity generation], 134 million have been contracted. So there are 20 million tonnes left that have not been contracted,” Bahlil told lawmakers.
