Fast-Fix Tech Brings Quick End to Mahakam Blackout Crisis

On July 9, 2015, a two-person GE Power Services support team in Houston, Texas came to the rescue of 1.4 million people living 15,000 kilometers away in East Kalimantan province, Indonesia.

The day before, two GE LM6000 gas turbines in operation at the PLTG Senipah (PLTGS) power plant in Teluk Pemegas village, malfunctioned cutting power to three cities – Balikpapan, Tenggarong, and Samarinda - connected to the plant’s Mahakam network.