The benefits of Nyepi are more than just spiritual.
With everyone staying inside during Bali’s day of silence for the Nyepi holiday, reports estimate that the national electricity company in Bali will save big in fuel oil (BBM) for all the businesses and buildings it doesn’t have to run electricity for on Saturday.
Wayan Redika, PR for PLN in Denpasar told Kompas on Friday that he predicted a decrease in electrical energy consumption by up to 50 percent, which would save an astounding value of approximately 1 million liters of fuel, a roughly Rp 11 billion value.
PLN obviously won’t flip the switch on vital facilities like the prison (can you imagine?) or hospitals and military and police headquarters. Most electricity consumption will of course come from households during Nyepi, Redika said.
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