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PLN Schedules Power Outages Across Makassar on Nov. 1
PLN scheduled 17 periods of power-network work across Makassar and nearby areas on Sunday, Nov.
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The work may affect homes, shopping areas, campuses, public facilities and industrial zones at different times from morning until late night.
Rotating outages have affected parts of Makassar for several days, disrupting small businesses and workers who rely on electricity.
PLN has linked the wider supply problem to long drought reducing output from hydroelectric plants in Sulawesi, while maintenance work is also being carried out.
The company says the electricity system in the region is still recovering, so outage times and durations may change.
Customers can check local maintenance information or make complaints through PLN Mobile or its 123 contact center.
PLN scheduled electricity maintenance and load management across parts of Makassar and surrounding areas on Nov. 1, with outages planned at different times.
The schedule lists 17 load-management periods, with work running from morning into the night and some periods continuing until midnight.
PLN said the work is intended to maintain the reliability and stability of the electricity system and protect field workers.
The company said South Sulawesi’s electricity system was still in a recovery transition, so outage times and durations could change.
Small-business workers told Kompas.com that earlier outages had delayed work and, at times, damaged or erased work in progress.
- Who
- PT PLN’s ULP Daya scheduled the work. Customers and businesses in affected areas may experience outages.
- What
- PLN scheduled load management and electricity-network maintenance across Makassar and surrounding areas.
- When
- Nov. 1, 2026. Listed work periods run from morning to night, with some continuing until midnight.
- Where
- Makassar and surrounding areas, including residential areas, campuses, public facilities, shopping areas and industrial zones.
- Why
- PLN said maintenance was needed to maintain system reliability and stability. It also said the South Sulawesi system was in a recovery transition.
PLN
Small-business workers affected by outages
Reason for outages
PLN
PLN said load management was needed during electricity-network maintenance to maintain system reliability and stability.
Small-business workers affected by outages
Workers said outages disrupted productivity, delayed work and could damage print jobs or erase unsaved design work.
Effects
PLN
PLN said the measures were intended to support a stable system and the safety of field staff.
Small-business workers affected by outages
Workers described outages lasting hours and said unpredictable cuts forced them to change their work schedules or redo work.
PLN said load management in several areas was linked to a decline in electricity supply and maintenance of electricity infrastructure.
PLN said prolonged drought associated with El Nino Godzilla had affected hydroelectric generation, while other power plants were being run continuously to cover the shortfall.
Kompas.com reported complaints from small-business workers and PLN’s explanation that load management was being carried out during installation maintenance.
PLN ULP Daya scheduled 17 load-management periods for maintenance across Makassar and surrounding areas.
- Scheduled date
- Nov. 1, 2026
- Number of listed periods
- 17 load-management schedules
- First listed period
- 08:30–12:30 WITA
- Later listed period
- 17:30–21:30 WITA
- Hydroelectric plants named
- Poso, Bakaru and Malea
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What people are saying
In order to maintain the reliability of the system and electricity services, PLN is regulating loads in several areas due to electricity installation maintenance that will be carried out.
The cause of outages in several locations in PLN UID Sulselrabar is the El Nino Godzilla conditions, namely prolonged drought affecting hydroelectric plants in Poso, Bakaru, Malea and several other distributed hydro plants.
It has been out for three consecutive days now. It lasts up to 3 hours, the same as the power cuts last month, when they first started rotating.
The electricity here is out for 2 hours, so work is delayed; fortunately, no customer urgently asked for their design.