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JAKARTA (JP): The developer of the controversial Kediri power transmission project has been given one month to reduce the value of its contract or lose the job, a senior government [...]

JAKARTA (JP): The former head of state electricity company PT PLN Djiteng Marsudi told reporters after being questioned by the Attorney General's Office on Thursday that he was not responsible [...]

JAKARTA (JP): State electricity company PT PLN and the United States government-owned insurance firm Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC) have reached an agreement on the payment scheme for a US$290 [...]

JAKARTA (JP): The government turned down on Wednesday an appeal from several firms to adjust an electricity rate increase, and told them instead to reschedule their bill payments with state [...]

BANDUNG: Director of the state-owned electricity company PT PLN Kuntoro Mangkusubroto called to attention on Saturday the alarming rate of chemical pollution from households and factories along the Citarum river. [...]

JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for the Economy Rizal Ramli said on Friday that he would reject a proposal by state owned electricity company PT PLN to bailout its debts of [...]

JAKARTA (JP): The government expects to complete renegotiations with independent power producers (IPPs) in the first quarter of 2001 in a bid to remove the largest hurdle in the construction [...]

BANDUNG, West Java (JP): The government said it might approve a request by state electricity company PT PLN to pay its debts totaling Rp 12 trillion (about US$1.34 billion) with [...]

JAKARTA (JP): State electricity company PT PLN is seeking government approval for an increase in power rates of between 2 percent and 3 percent, starting in January next year. PLN [...]

JAKARTA (JP): State electricity company PT PLN confirmed on Wednesday the discovery of possible markups totaling US$400 million in the country's foreign-funded power transmission projects. PLN president Kuntoro Mangkusubroto said [...]

JAKARTA (JP): State electricity company PT PLN said on Wednesday that the government had agreed to pay the United States owned Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC) an outstanding insurance claim [...]

BOGOR (JP): Forty-nine companies and 1,750 houses have been caught stealing electricity from state-owned electricity company PT PLN over the last nine months, causing state losses of Rp 4.9 billion. [...]

JAKARTA (JP): State-owned power company PT PLN said on Wednesday that the offer to negotiate power rates with its industrial users would end this October. 'It means that anyone who [...]

JAKARTA (JP): As some industrial associations continue to oppose the power rates, the government encouraged firms to individually negotiate discount rates with state owned power company PT PLN. Director General [...]

JAKARTA (JP): Power producer PT PNJB I, a subsidiary of state-owned PT PLN, plans to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange by 2002, the company's corporate secretary [...]

JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina and a subsidiary of state electricity company PLN, PT PLN Pembangkit Java Bali I (PJB I), have signed an agreement to jointly [...]

BANDUNG: The West Java Legislative Council met with 200 residents from the districts of Arjasari, Banjaran, Solokan Jeruk and Ciparay on Wednesday who demanded the council assist them in settling [...]

JAKARTA (JP): Customers of the state electricity firm PLN in Jakarta and Tangerang who used to pay their monthly bills via on-line banking systems are being required to register their [...]

JAKARTA (JP): Power company PT PLN Pembangkitan Tenaga Jawa-Bali I (PJB I) said on Thursday it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Japanese power company Chubu Electric Co [...]

JAKARTA (JP): President of PT PLN Kuntoro Mangkusubroto admitted on Tuesday that an associate of President Abdurrahman Wahid's had asked him to back a consortium of companies in a bid [...]

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan (JP): British engineering company Rolls- Royce has signed a contract with state electricity company PT PLN to maintain a power plant built by the former for the [...]

BANDUNG, West Java (JP): Some 200 textile companies in the West Java chapter of the Indonesian Textile Association (API) threatened on Tuesday to stop production if the electricity rate hike [...]

JAKARTA (JP): Officials of state-owned electricity company PT PLN denied on Friday imposing a rate hike for households, arguing the introduction of a new billing system did not affect the [...]

JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of thousands, or perhaps millions, of people in several parts of Jakarta and Tangerang had their routines interrupted for hours on Monday after a blackout occurred at [...]

JAKARTA (JP): Cash-strapped state-owned electricity company PT PLN booked a net loss of Rp 11.3 trillion (US$1.4 billion) this year, up from Rp 9.5 trillion in 1998, PLN said on [...]

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Synthetic Fiber Makers Association (APSyFI) has warned that the increase in electricity rates beginning this month would severely undermine the operation of its members. The hike [...]

JAKARTA (JP): The federation of steel-related producers said on Thursday most of its 97 active members could be forced to close down their plants if state-owned electricity company PLN maintained [...]

I am a client of state electricity company PLN, No DD2260082, KWH no 6352106. As I always pay my bills on time, I expect to receive maximum service from PLN. [...]

JAKARTA (JP): International arbitrators in Paris have ruled in favor of the Indonesian government in a power contract dispute with American power company Florida Power and Lights, the lawyer representing [...]

BANDUNG (JP): President of PLN Kuntoro Mangkusubroto said the state electricity company's subsidiaries PT PJB I and PT PJB II were being prepared for initial public offerings. Given the satisfactory [...]

JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Investment and State Enterprises Development Laksamana Sukardi said on Friday that Indonesia would negotiate with the American government or the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corp. [...]

Indonesia has moved a step closer to resolving its long-running price dispute with independent power producers (IPP) by reaching an interim agreement with the biggest of them, Paiton Energy. But [...]

SURABAYA, East Java (JP): State-owned electricity company PT PLN is currently seeking foreign financial support for its plan to rehabilitate power plants outside Java and Bali, an executive at the [...]

JAKARTA (JP): State electricity company PT PLN said on Monday it had reached a temporary agreement with independent power producer (IPP) Paiton Energy on their contractual dispute and expected to [...]

JAKARTA (JP): State electricity company PT PLN may lose Rp 13.7 trillion (US$1.87 billion) during the 2000 fiscal year beginning in April, Minister of Mines and Energy Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono [...]

JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta District Court decided on Thursday to end the legal process of the dispute between state-owned electricity company PT PLN and independent power producer PT Paiton [...]

JAKARTA (JP): Coal producer PT Arutmin Indonesia said on Monday it would postpone and possibly cancel its US$45 million investment plan in mining operations due to the unclear status of [...]

JAKARTA (JP): President of state electricity company PT PLN Kuntoro Mangkusubroto urged independent power producer PT Paiton Energy on Thursday to revoke its arbitration claims against the state company as [...]

JAKARTA (JP): Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, the new president of state electricity company PT PLN, pledged on Wednesday to settle the lingering disputes between the state company and independent power producers (IPPs) [...]

JAKARTA (JP): Former minister of mines and energy Kuntoro Mangkusubroto has been appointed new president of state-owned electricity company PLN, officials said on Tuesday. The director general of electricity and [...]

JAKARTA (JP): Tycoon Hashim Djojohadikusumo denied on Thursday that independent power producer PT Paiton Energy used bribery to secure its controversial power purchase contract with state-owned electricity company PT PLN. [...]

This is the second of a two-part article on restructuring in the energy sector. JAKARTA (JP): To solve problems of surplus generation capacity and to secure electricity demand in the [...]

JAKARTA (JP) : The state-run electricity company, PT PLN, announced losses of US$1.4 billion in the year ending Dec. 31, 1998. In its audit report, Pricewaterhouse Coopers found losses amounting [...]

JAKARTA (JP): Inefficiencies at state electricity firm PT PLN have cost the company Rp 5.26 trillion (about US$750 million) per year, while the mismanagement of reforestation funds has left the [...]

BATAM, Riau (JP): The resignation of Adhi Satriya and Hardiv Situmeang as the president director and director of planning of state electricity company PLN has whipped up nationalistic feelings among [...]

JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid described on Wednesday the power purchase contract signed by state electricity company PLN and PT Paiton Energy as full of nonsense but he said the [...]

President Abdurrahman Wahid's decision to stop all legal actions taken against independent power producers in an effort to resolve commercial disputes with major multinational companies is a welcome signal for [...]