Rising Electricity Tariffs: Yea or Nay
State electricity company PLN is again proposing to raise tariffs in 2003. Why would such a plan be implemented before the problems of inefficiency and theft—that cost the government Rp560 billion a year—are resolved?
October 15, 2002
Get ready for a higher electricity bill next year. A PLN proposal to raise the price of electricity by 10 percent every three months is now on the drawing board at the Ministry of Mines & Energy. If the House of Representatives (DPR) endorses the plan, PLN customers will have to bear the brunt of the increase next year. It should be noted that a similar initiative, to increase tariffs by 6 percent every three months, implemented this yea
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