LIKE it or not, the State Electricity Company (PLN) must not be hated because of its insistence in raising electricity prices. There is a reason for it. The ability and the need for the company to survive—supplying electricity to homes and factories—demand an increase.

PLN needs to invest. It is not possible to stop the annual 5,000 MW rise in electricity consumption. In order to improve its service, the company must build new power stations