Aceh – Indonesia, South Aceh (Waspada Aceh) – State-owned electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero) is gradually restoring power supply to customers across six sub-districts in South Aceh Regency following the collapse of Medium Voltage Overhead Line (SUTM) poles caused by soil erosion in the Ladang Rimba area, Central Trumon Sub-district.

The incident temporarily disrupted 125 distribution transformers. The six affected areas include Trumon, Central Trumon, East Trumon, Bakongan, East Bakongan, and Kota Bahagia sub-districts.

Manager of PLN Customer Service Implementation Unit (UP3) Subulussalam, Yandrison, stated that technical personnel from PLN UP3 Subulussalam and Kota Fajar Customer Service Unit (ULP) have been deployed to the location along with heavy equipment and replacement materials. Restoration work is being carried out day and night to restructure the poles and secure the cable network.

“As of Saturday morning (3/10/2026), normalization progress has shown significant results. Out of 125 blacked-out transformers, only 7 remain under repair. The outage now affects only about 250 customers in Ladang Rimba Village,” Yandrison explained in a written statement on Saturday (3/10/2026).

Yandrison added that the safety of local residents and the efficiency of the recovery time remain the team’s top priorities in the field. Supporting materials have been fully prepared at the disruption point to ensure the remaining work is completed safely and promptly.

Throughout the recovery process, PLN urges the public to use the PLN Mobile app or contact Call Center 123.

These services allow residents to monitor real-time network repair progress and report potential electrical hazards near their homes. (*)