Preempting the Power Predicament
There's a new law on electricity, as well as plans to renegotiate with 27 private power suppliers. But an electricity crisis looms large and PLN seems incapable of preventing it.
October 29, 2002
The electricity supply debacle cannot be blamed solely on the inability and inefficiency of the State Electricity Company (PLN-Perusahaan Listrik Negara). This state-owned company, which is also known derisively as the Perusahan Lilin Negara (State Candle Company), has indeed, long been an annoyance and an irritation to its customers. But if the country faces a power crisis, PLN is not the only guilty party. The insufficient power supply
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