Commission VII of the House of Representatives agreed on
government’s proposal on electricity subsidy of Rp.78.63 trillion or increase
of electricity tariff (TTL) by 15% in 2013. The subsidy increase is intended to
support economic growth and increase of electrification ratio, but this is not
applied to consumers of electricity with a capacity of 450 VA – 900 VA. This is
the conclusion of meeting of Commission VII of the House of Representatives and
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Jero Wacik, at the House of
Representatives’ building in Senayan, Jakarta.
But, the approval was highlighted by recommendation of
Indonesian Democratic Parties of Struggle (PDIP) Fraction and Justice and
Welfare Party (PKS) Fraction who refused the tariff increase. This is because
PDIP Faction could not accept the government’s proposal, and demanded the
tariff increase to be postponed. This is stated by member of FPDIP, Daryatmo Mardianto.
While, PKS Fraction asked the government to pay
attention to tariff group for 1300 VA electricity as the considered group as
they are not imposed with tariff adjustment.
Formerly, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources
stated that it has attempted to decrease losses from 9% in 2012 to 8.5% in
2013, and decrease of losses will continually be attempted. And, consumers of
450 – 900 VA electricity are not subjected to TTL increase, while consumers of
electricity with a capacity of above 450 – 900 VA will be imposed with a 15%
increase.
Target of new consumers for 2013 is at 2,952, 651
costumers consisting of 742,136 customers in Western Indonesia, 1,268,432
customers in Java Bali, and 942,082 customers in Eastern Indonesia.
President
Director of State Electricity Company (PLN) explained that PLN’s debt increases
continually, and it is affected by PLN’s investment order of Rp.60 trillion per
year. A major part of the debt is allocated for construction of power plant.
BUSINESS NEWS - September 26, 2012
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