The PLTU Teluk Sepang, also known as the Bengkulu Power Station, is a 200-megawatt coal-fired power plant located on Baai Island, Sepang Bay, Bengkulu, in the Sumatra region. Built to meet the electricity needs of Bengkulu Province, it is operated by PT. Tenaga Listrik Bengkulu, a joint venture between Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), PT Intraco Penta Tbk, and Sinohydro Hongkong (a subsidiary of Power China Resources). Construction began in 2016, with financial backing from the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and the Export-Import Bank of China (EximChina).

However, NGOs have raised concerns about the plant’s environmental, health, and socioeconomic impacts.

Project impacts:

• Land rights: The construction of the power plant displaced farmers from their land.
• Air and water pollution and biodiversity loss: Poor waste management at the power plant has damaged the marine ecosystem, affecting public health (e.g. respiratory and skin diseases) and reducing local fishing areas.
• Safety risk near electrical transmission lines: Residents living adjacent to the high voltage overhead lines/SUTT are negatively impacted on a daily basis.
• Labour rights: Women working in coal stockpiles experience poor working conditions.
• Human rights defenders: Environmental defenders are facing reprisals for protesting against the power plant project.

In May 2025, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited PT Teluk Sepang Bengkulu (TLB) and its parent companies, Power China Resources and PT Intraco Penta Tbk, as well as investors ICBC and China Eximbank, to respond to environmental and social concerns raised by observerid.com. None of them responded. See non-response record here.