Fahmi Mochtar:
Lowering electricity rates is out of the question
January 27, 2009
THE electricity shortage currently hitting the people and the national economy has pushed the government and the state-owned power company (PLN) to put things in order. Last week, hardly had the Phase I of the 10,000 megawatt (MW) power plant project been completed than Vice President Jusuf Kalla summoned Energy & Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro and PLN CEO Fahmi Mochtar to discuss Phase II.
While most of the Phase I power plants
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