Commotion over PGN's Gas Price Hike Plan
Commotion ensues as PGN makes plans to raise the price of gas for industries. Entrepreneurs are lobbying officials, from ministers to the president.
Retno Sulistyowati
September 11, 2023
THE Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry made a firm decision: not allowing Perusahaan Gas Negara or PGN to raise the price of natural gas. PGN initially planned to raise the price of gas for industry on October 1. However, the Energy Ministry’s Director-General of Oil and Gas Tutuka Ariadji said that PGN cannot make unilateral policies. “Don’t decide on your own to raise prices like that,” he told Tempo on Thursday
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