Perusahaan Listrik Negara

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PLN (Perusahaan Listrik Negara, lit. 'State Electricity Company') is an Indonesian government-owned corporation which runs the country Electricity.

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The history of electrical companies in Indonesia began in the end of 19th century, when Dutch colonists introduced the first electrical generator. That electrical energy enterprise then expanded into the public interest company, NV.NIGM, formerly dealing in gas area only, enlarged its business into the area of electrical energy. In World War II, the Japanese took those electrical companies under control. And after the Indonesian Independence day on August 17, 1945, the Indonesian youth took control of those electrical companies in September 1945 and handed it over to the government of the Republic of Indonesia. Next, on October 27, 1945. President Soekarno established the Jawatan Listrik dan Gas (Bureau of Electricity And Gas), with the capacity of the electrical energy generator only 157.5 MW.

On January 1, 1961, the bureau of Electricity and Gas was changed into BPU PLN (Badan Pimpinan Umum Perusahaan Listrik Negara) which dealt in the areas of electricity, agas, and kokas (a type of fuel derived from the remains od coal).

On January 1, 1965, BPU-PLN was closed and two governmental companies, were set up, Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) handling the electrical energy and Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) handling gas. The capacity of the electrical-power generator of PLN, then, was 300 MW.

PLN currently employs 47,532 staff across the country with 15.6% of them having graduated and post graduated.

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