October grants and free electricity tokens, they have the right to get it all

KOMPAS.com – The government provides various reliefs during the corona virus pandemic, including charging for electricity to specific customer groups.

Today, Thursday (01/10/2020), subsidies and free electricity tokens can be claimed again in October 2020.

Electricity subsidies are granted to domestic customers, as well as to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).

However, these subsidies are not granted to all power groups, but only to certain groups.

Before making a claim, first check to see if you are a customer receiving free electricity tokens and electricity subsidies.

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Since April 2020, the government has provided incentives or subsidies for electricity rates to household electricity groups with a power of 450 V.

For this group, the government will release all electricity bills until December 2020.

Additionally, electricity subsidies are also provided to households with 900 VA electricity in the form of a 50 percent discount.

Below are the details of the electricity customers that can be free or discounted:

• R1 / 450 VA (free)
• R1T / 450 VA (free)
• R1 / 900 VA (discount)
• R1T / 900 VA (discount)

Meanwhile, electricity customers who do not get a discount are:

For information, the code M (apt) in R1 M indicates that the electricity category is postpaid and not subsidized. While the code R1MT stands for prepaid electricity.

The way to check it is by means of an account of payment of the light.

To date, there are 24.16 million 450 VA home customers getting free electricity and 7.72 million subsidized 950 VA home customers getting a 50 percent discount.

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In addition to domestic electricity, the government also provides electricity subsidies to MSEs until December 2020.

For this category, subsidies are awarded to customers of PLN companies or small industries with 450 VA electricity, both BA 450 VA and I1 450 VA.

There are 501,513 clients for the 450 VA business and 450 VA industry with a total government-prepared budget of Rs 151 billion.

For both the domestic electricity categories and MSMEs, prepaid electricity claims are made through the official PLN website and text messages on the WhatsApp application.

Source: Kompas.com (Luthfia Ayu Azanella / Dandy Bayu Bramasta | Editor: Jihad Akbar)

Also read: How to get free electricity tokens from September 2020 via www.pln.co.id and WhatsApp

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