Running Out of Steam

The performance of State Electricity Company, PLN, is deteriorating. The 10,000 MW power plant project-that was planned to increase capacity-actually made a hole in PLN's pockets. Tariffs will be up next year.

September 15, 2009

YANI was concentrating hard as he completed his office work on Monday when suddenly the lights went out. Luckily, some of the work on his personal computer was "saved" thanks to his Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) unit. But this only lasted for five minutes. Afterwards there was only darkness.

The State Electricity Company (PLN) in fact cut power in Jakarta and the surrounding areas for around one hour only. But in Yani's office, the problem went

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