Bali experienced a three-hour total blackout on Saturday evening following a technical issue on one of the extra-high voltage power lines (SUTT) in the Banyuwangi grid in East Java.
The Bali office of state electricity company (PLN) reported that the SUTT unit, located in Situbondo, near Banyuwangi, was struck by lightning during a downpour on Saturday evening.
The incident occurred at around 8:50 p.m. Bali time, or 7:50 p.m. Situbondo time, and resulted in a disconnection of 234.5 megawatts (MW) of electricity to the Bali grid.
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