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View all search resultsThe change will reduce electricity relief spending by 50 percent qtq to Rp 2.3 trillion in the April-June period even though the number of recipients has risen by 0.8 percent to 33.9 million over the same period.
The company had stopped sending inspectors in April, when Jakarta first entered lockdown, which caused household electricity bills to jump over the following months, triggering public outcry and a government investigation.
The government will set aside Rp 15.4 trillion ($1.05 billion) – on top of Rp54.79 trillion allocated for annual power subsidies – for the COVID-19 relief schemes, said the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry’s electrification director general, Rida Mulyana, on Tuesday.
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Wednesday the government would reallocate around Rp 70.8 trillion (US$4.85 billion) from existing ineffective stimulus packages to fund the social aid expansion and new incentives.
State-owned electricity company PLN has conveyed a plan to install 79 million smart meters across the country over the next seven years in an effort to automate the billing process as millions of customers have complained about spiking bills in recent weeks.
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