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KOMPAS.com – The use of electricity during the pandemic has changed. PLN provides subsidies or discounts to various types of clients.
Even many citizens who complain have to pay a high price for electricity costs during this pandemic.
Most of them are 900 VA electricity customers. One of them appears in the comment chat @ pln_123.
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I ask for help, I installed 900 electric power. Said subsidies, how come even the credit is 20 thousand rupees a week. I only use lights 3. The poor are lied to
– Sulardi Gayu (@GayuSulardi) April 27, 2020
Some consider that PLN increased the electricity rate for the 900 VA group because in April it provided subsidies for R1-450 and R1-900.
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PLN explanation
When confirmed on this matter, the Daily Manager of Higher Affairs (PLH SRM) of General Affairs PLN UID Jakarta Raya M. Arief Mudhari explained that electricity rates did not increase in all classes.
“There are 900 subsidized and two unsubsidized. Rp / kWh are different. But the rates are not rising, they are still according to the IG,” he said when contacted. Kompas.com, Friday (1/5/2020).
Electricity rates have not increased since 2017. Here are the details:
- Low voltage: IDR 1,467 / kWh
- R-1/900 VA RTM: Rp. 1,352 / kWh
- Medium voltage: IDR 1,115 / kWh
- High voltage: IDR 997 / kWh
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So what about complaints from citizens who feel that their electricity rates have recently increased?
Brief explanation, home use during Work from home (WFH) increases 1-3 percent on average.
This can happen because family members meet at home. As a result, the use of electronic products that absorb electricity also increases, as the use of television becomes longer, the fan is constantly on, the constant use of the CPU and a number of other purposes.
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