Home Jakarta Java News Massive blackout hits Jakarta, neighbouring provinces across Java. Sunday, August 4, 2019. Power was mostly restored in Jakarta and Indonesia's heavily populated Java island after a widespread electricity outage Sunday that the state utility PLN blamed on disruptions at several power plants. A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on August 05, 2019, with the headline 'Massive blackout hits Jakarta, neighbouring provinces across Java'. Power cuts also hit … The Police is conducting a full root-cause investigation to identify the reason behind the major over-six-hour blackout in Java. The blackout that hit the state-owned PLN electric company was Indonesia's worst since 2005, affecting millions of people in Jakarta and surrounding areas such as West Java and Banten. The blackout was caused by technical issues, state power company PLN said. The islands of Java, where Jakarta is located, and Bali, were also impacted. THE ‘2019 JAVA BLACKOUT’ SHOULD BE A CATALYST FOR A FUNDAMENTAL RE-THINK OF PLN’S PLANNING PRACTICES. The blackout struck the capital city of Jakarta and its suburbs, home to about 40 million people. PLN have engaged in an aggressive build-up of new, high-cost coal-fired capacity at the expense of investment in the grid and operational innovations. Indonesia’s state power producer PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara reported a failure in one of its transmission grids, causing massive blackouts in some areas on the main island of Java. TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - National Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) is conducting a full root-cause investigation to identify the reason behind the major over-six-hour blackout in Jakarta, Banten, and West Java on August 4, 2019, a police spokesman stated. Nearly 10 million people live in Jakarta, and some 20 million in the surrounding cities. Usually, however, a blackout lasts for a few minutes only; rarely does it last for multiple hours as we experienced in Jakarta in early August 2019. Discover past and present Nissan Midnight Edition vehicles like the Frontier Midnight Edition, TITAN Midnight Edition, Altima Midnight Edition, Maxima Midnight Edition, and more.