TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Malaysian power company Sarawak Electricity Supply Company Limited (Sesco) will begin supplying electricity to West Kalimantan in 2017. PT PLN West Kalimantan's Area, Distribution and Distribution Manager Ricky Cahya Andrian said Sesco will supply 230 megawatts MW.
"Based on the partnership that was built in the beginning of 2016, Sesco Malaysia has been supplying 90 MW of electricity. Starting next year, the supply will be increased," he said in Pontianak Monday, November 7.
Ricky said that West Kalimantan continues to raise the power generating capacity for its existing plants. He said that at the end of November, The Jungkat mobile power plan project will begin to operate, supplying 100 MW.
By 2017, he added, a number of other power plants will also begin to operate, including the Jungkat and Bengkayang steam power plants—each supplying 50 MW. Also by 2017, the province is expected to have an additional electricity supply of 650 MW.