ALTHOUGH the move to raise electricity rates for better-off consumers deserves support, the State Electricity Company (PLN) should make sure to follow existing procedures. This is what PLN neglected to do in January when it applied a new rate for customers with supplies of more than 6,000 volt amperes (VA).

PLN used State Budget Law No. 47/2009 as the basis for the change, but they neglected to get the approval of the House of Representatives (DP