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Tue, 04/21/2009 - 16:12
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THERMAL-POWERED ELECTRICITY RATE SET AT 6.5 - 8.5 DOLLAR CENTS
Jakarta, April 21 (ANTARA) - State-owned power utility PLN said the tariff for a thermal power plant (PLTP) it would buy from electricity producers would be set at a range from 6.5 to 8.5 dollar cents per Kwh.
PLN director for planning and technology affairs Bambang Praptono said here on Tuesday that the electricity tariff as mentioned above was better than the previous one which was set at 4.5 dollar cents per kWh.
"With a better tariff rate it was expected that many investors would become interested in building thermal power plants," he said adding that the tariff would be set based on the plants' capacity.
Plants with small capacity could have their rates set at 8.5 dollar cents per kWh, those of the middle capacity at 7.5 dollar cents and the large ones at 6.5 dollar cents per kWh, he added.
"So, the rate now is better than the previous one which was set at 4.5 dollar cents per kWh," Praptono said.
The government through a ministerial decree No.5 / 2009 has left the rates of power tariff of all kinds of generating plants to PLN to decide, including the tariff rates of electricity it would purchase from cooperatives or other businesses.
The decree revised a previous ruling which decided that the tariff rate of a PLTP would be decided by the government and was limited to 4.5 dollar cents per kWh.
Praptono said that PLN in the near future would also sign a head of agreement (HoA) with state-owned oil and gas company (PLN) to build PLTPs which were part of the accelerated second phase of the government's 10,000 MW power projects.
The HoA will include provisions where Pertamina will build power plants in upstream areas and PLN in down stream ones, or else Pertamina will do it all in up and down stream areas.***
PLN director for planning and technology affairs Bambang Praptono said here on Tuesday that the electricity tariff as mentioned above was better than the previous one which was set at 4.5 dollar cents per kWh.
"With a better tariff rate it was expected that many investors would become interested in building thermal power plants," he said adding that the tariff would be set based on the plants' capacity.
Plants with small capacity could have their rates set at 8.5 dollar cents per kWh, those of the middle capacity at 7.5 dollar cents and the large ones at 6.5 dollar cents per kWh, he added.
"So, the rate now is better than the previous one which was set at 4.5 dollar cents per kWh," Praptono said.
The government through a ministerial decree No.5 / 2009 has left the rates of power tariff of all kinds of generating plants to PLN to decide, including the tariff rates of electricity it would purchase from cooperatives or other businesses.
The decree revised a previous ruling which decided that the tariff rate of a PLTP would be decided by the government and was limited to 4.5 dollar cents per kWh.
Praptono said that PLN in the near future would also sign a head of agreement (HoA) with state-owned oil and gas company (PLN) to build PLTPs which were part of the accelerated second phase of the government's 10,000 MW power projects.
The HoA will include provisions where Pertamina will build power plants in upstream areas and PLN in down stream ones, or else Pertamina will do it all in up and down stream areas.***
