Sekilas PLTU Paiton
Pembangunan Proyek Pembangkit Tenaga Listrik Tenaga Uap yang berbahan bakar batubara ini berdasarkan pada Peraturan Presiden RI Nomor 71 Tahun 2006 tanggal 05 Juli 2006 tentang penugasan kepada PT. PLN (Persero) untuk melakukan Percepatan Pembangunan Pembangkit Tenaga Listrik yang menggunakan batubara.

Tapi pengerjaan PLTU ini baru dimulai setelah ditanda tanganinya kontrak proyek pengerjaannya pada tanggal 12 Maret 2007 oleh PT PLN (Persero) dan Konsorsium Harbin Power Engineering Co. Ltd. dari China dan Perusahaan Lokal PT Mitra Selaras Hutama Energi.

Nilai Kontrak dari proyek ini sebesar US$ 389,206,488.60 dan Rp 706,630,361,158.96 belum termasuk Value Added Tax.

This power plant operates 2 Thermal Power Plants with total capacity 800 MW. The electricity energy then distributed through 500 kV Java-Bali interconnection system.
There are 6 units power plants for Java-Bali:
-Unit 1 and 2 with lowest capacity, 800 MW owned and operated by Paiton Power Plant Unit.
-Unit 5 and 6 with capacity of 1260 MW owned by Jawa Power and operated by YTL Jawa Timur.
-Unit 7 and 8 with capacity of 1200 MW owned by Paiton Energy Co and operated by PT International Power Mitsui Operation and Maintenance Indonesia (IPMOMI)
-Unit 3 and 4 are channeled to Java Island
-Unit 9 is on process of construction by consortium from China and expected to finish in 2012.

In Paiton power plan complex there are two private power plants with capacity contribution is 2500 MW:
1) PT Paiton Energy Company and operated by PT International Power Mitsui Operation and Maintenance Indonesia. Total Capacity : 120 MW.
2) PT Jawa Power operated by PT YTL Jawa Timur, Total Capacity : 1300MW.