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JAKARTA: State electricity company PT still process the seven private power projects (Independent Power Producer / IPP), from 25 projects with a capacity of approximately 700 megawatts (MW) is still hampered.

Director of Business and Risk Management PLN Murtaqi Shamsuddin revealed from 25 IPP generation projects are constrained, the new 18 projects already agreed upon price of electricity.

"Soon we will process the seven IPPs which are still hampered. Status per week yesterday, there were 18 IPP projects agreed upon price between PLN and the developers," he said, today.

However, he added of the 25 IPPs, there is one project that was decided to be stopped because of requests from developers due to its price is too low. The project is terminated, ie a capacity of 2x10 MW Power Plant Bangka.

According to him, the decision was taken after an agreement between both parties between the government and developers. If it continues, he said, the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) will not approve it.

"The project was deemed uneconomical. Bangka 2 x 10 MW coal fired power plant that cost is already too high, so agreed to termination only."

Meanwhile, he explained one IPP project, namely Tanjung Pinang Power Plant with a capacity of 2 x 10.8 MW have been verified by the BPKP and just waiting for the approval of the minister.

So far, he added, there is no hindered IPP projects are brought to arbitration because in general can be solved by PLN with the developer. Only, he declined to elaborate about the selling price agreed between PLN and developers.

"What is clear, the issue price of electricity it was referred to the criteria BPKP. When it is completed will open all of them. So if BPKP not agree then the termination, if the escalation is too high yes PLN can not."

Related questions guarantee coal supply for the IPP project, Murtaqi pretty safe to say so far because private developers are not obligated to supply coal. Scheme is used, he explained, is a pass through scheme where private developers to buy fuel at their own expense.

"The pattern now that's IPPs, developers can be reimbursed [a matter of coal supplies] to PLN. The contract is supervised by PLN, as well as IPPs Paiton," he said.

As is known, the Vice President Boediono asked 25 private power projects or independent power producer with a capacity of around 700 MW, which stalled immediately completed this year.

In fact, the Vice President is known to have summoned a number of relevant officials to discuss the problems of private power plants.

Yopie Hidayat, spokesman of Vice President, said the government would seek a solution to the troubled plant could be completed to assist PLN in providing electricity supply. "Mr. Vice President to 25 private power plants are stopped immediately look for a solution," he said, some time ago. (MSW) By: Nurbaiti (Bisnis.com)

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