Beggars Can't Be Choosers?

Electricity tariffs would not have to be raised by 16 percent if PLN could reduce the price of private sector electricity and increase efficiency. But it seems that PLN has no intention of doing either.

January 15, 2002

THE electricity tariff increases have already been set and President Megawati in fact signed off on this at the end of last year. But the matter doesn't end there because many things are still being debated, particularly regarding the fact that tariffs will be increased every three months to provide the State-Owned Electricity Company (PLN) with even more income.

In this era of openness and transparency, there are those who stubbornly insis

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