Scrapped Electricity Subsidy Causing a Shock

Sri Widuri was taken aback when she saw her electricity bill on the ATM screen early last month. The Cibubur, East Jakarta resident was planning to pay her electricity bill for April, May and June 2017, and was shocked to see an 'unreasonable' bill at over Rp1 million, more than three times her normal bill.

July 18, 2017

Sri Widuri was taken aback when she saw her electricity bill on the ATM screen early last month. The Cibubur, East Jakarta resident was planning to pay her electricity bill for April, May and June 2017, and was shocked to see an 'unreasonable' bill at over Rp1 million, more than three times her normal bill.

Usually, the mother of four paid an average of between Rp150,000 and Rp170,000 per month for their 900-VA-capacity electricity access. Sri poi

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