Indonesia Minister:Undecided Whether To Hike Electricity Tariff
JAKARTA -(Dow Jones)- The Indonesian government hasn't decided whether to
increase the electricity tariff next year on concerns that a hike could hurt
purchasing power, a minister said Tuesday.
"The government will be careful as we need to consider household purchasing
power," Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Darwin Zahedy Saleh told
reporters.
Talks are abound that the government may increase the tariff next year to cut
the subsidy burden in its budget.
A hike in electricity costs will help stoke inflation, analysts say.
-By Jakarta Bureau; Dow Jones Newswires; 62-21 39831277; I-Made.Sentana@
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