The Grati 868 MW geothermal power plant has ceased releasing steam since mid-1999, its huge machines idle and waiting. Those remaining at the plant site, located in Pasaruan East Java, are mostly security guards, there to ensure the place doesn’t completely fall apart. Since its inauguration by then president Suharto in 1997, the plant has been operating at only 25 percent capacity. This despite PLN’s US$571 million investment in the