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Energy Crisis in 2003
Tuesday, December 17, 2002
Demand for electricity in Java and Bali is on the increase. Supply is inadequate. A new electric power station will not start operating until 2006. Signs of more frequent blackouts?
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Jakarta, September 13, 2002, 6pm. The power supply, key to the dynamics of modern life, suddenly died. Blackness enveloped Jakarta, Bogor, Tangerang, and Bekasi (Jabotabek). More than 4.5 million subscribers were left in the dark. There were traffic jams everywhere; stalled electric trains left hundreds of thousands of commuters stranded.
On that fateful day, technical problems at the main powerhouse with extra-high electricity in Cibinong c
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