Sales from the plant to the Indonesian state-owned electricity company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) began on 27 July 2012.
Like other IPPs in Indonesia, the plant will sell the electricity produced to the PLN at an agreed feed-in tariff price.
It is reported that there are tentative plans to extend the Cirebon plant later with the installation of another 1,000 MW costing around $US 1.2 - 1.3 billion.
The main contents of the project are to build a 1,000MW coal-fired power plant and a 500kV transmission line along the coastline of Java, and expand the substation.
[2] On November 14, 2022, the Asian Development Bank signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly explore the early retirement of the Cirebon Unit 1.