Here's Indonesia's energy spokesperson:
Posted on 08/18/2005 5:45:25 AM PDT by Our_Man_In_Gough_Island
Tens of millions of Indonesians have been affected by electricity cuts due to technical problems at a series of power stations. Homes and businesses were left in the dark across at least three provinces, including the capital Jakarta, and transport services were disrupted.
Officials said they were still trying to isolate the cause of the problem.
But they emphasised that the outage had nothing to do with recent power shortages caused by high oil prices.
Indonesia faces an increasing energy crisis, as demand outstrips supply. The government has called people to conserve energy, to reduce demand on the national electrical grid.
'Completely blacked out'
Operations at three major power plants on Java reportedly went down at 1030 local time (0330 GMT), causing the problem.
According to the Associated Press, the provinces of West Java, Banten and Jakarta were all affected, as were parts of the resort island of Bali.
More than 120 million people live in the affected region.
Thousands of police were mobilised in the capital Jakarta, to try to combat the problem, which officials hope to rectify within the next few hours.
"Jakarta was completely blacked out. The supply to the city had gone," said Mulyo Aji, a general manager at Perusahaan Listrik Negara, which operates the power network.
Jakarta police spokesman Tjiptono said the problem seemed to be "purely technical", and not the work of anyone attempting to sabotage electricity supplies.
"All vital projects are being protected and there is no sign of infiltration," Tjiptono told Reuters news agency.
The blackout caused serious traffic jams in Jakarta. Train services were also suspended, and some domestic flights were cancelled.
Many office buildings and hotels switched to running on generators, and school students were sent home.
A similar-sized problem occurred in September 2002. That power outage lasted two days.
hmmm. 100 million lose power and nobody cares?
Here's Indonesia's energy spokesperson:
Just curious - where do you get the figure "100 million" from?
Note the expression in the article " demand outstrips supply". This is usually an impossibility,How do you figure; in many instances and many situations the 'supply' of a commodity is naturally limited, due to supply chain, due to stock, etc, and demand can fluctuate so as to, at times, absorb any and all offered 'stock', to the point where demand can become more than what can be supplied ...
Does Indonesia actually have power? Learn something new everyday...
Translation: "We have no idea what the problem is, but we know it is not terrorism."
Hoooo Kaaaaay....
"Indonesian outage leaves 100m without electricity... "
Saw on Drudge first, then checked to see if anyone had posted...
Translation: "We have no idea what the problem is, but we know it is not terrorism."Yeah, anybody should be able to run half a dozen or more loosely coupled 'synchronous' machines/generators, tied together over hundreds of miles via breakers that pop and lines that get struck by lightning or insulators that get bridged by animals; should be a 'cinch' to keep loads balanced and keep the system from those pesky system instability conditions when one generator's AGC (Automatic Generation Control) wants to 'fight' another's through the 'lines' that connect the two?Hoooo Kaaaaay....
Right?
Saw on Drudge firstAhhh ...
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