PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), until the first semester of 2021, posted a net profit of Rp 6.6 trillion, supported by electricity sales.

"PLN's electricity sales have increased by 3.75% year-on-year from Rp135.4 trillion in the first half of 2020 to Rp140.5 trillion," said Executive Vice President of Corporate Communications and CSR at PLN Agung Murdifi in a statement on Thursday (29/7).

In addition,  the sales intensification and extensification program drove the increase in performance.

From January to June 2021, PLN managed to add 1.65 million new customers.

"The sustainability of the transformation program that PLN has carried out since the beginning of 2020 can support the company's efficiency. The realization of supply cost in the first semester of 2021 was Rp1,303 per kWh, down 4.7% or equivalent to Rp65 per kWh. Supply cost inthe first semester of 2020 was Rp1,368 per kWh.