Electrical Energy Tariff Implementation

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Regulation No. 9 of 2011 on Electrical Energy Implementation Provided by the National Electricity Company-PLN (“Regulation”) has been issued to implement Article 3 (3) and 6 of Presidential Regulation No. 8 of 2011 on Electrical Energy Tariffs by PLN.

Pursuant to Article 1, there are two types of electrical tariffs. The first is, under Article 1 (1), regular electricity tariff, which is the tariff paid after electricity has been used by the consumer. The second is, under Article 1 (2), prepaid electricity tariff, which is the tariff paid before electricity is used by the consumer.

Under Article 5, a consumer who wants to establish a new electrical connection (elaborated on in Articles 6 through 7) or additional power (elaborated on in Article 8) will be subject to connection fees and security deposits.

Furthermore, Article 10 (2) of the Regulation states several types of electrical use violations, for instance: a Type I Violation (pelanggaran Golongan I or P I), is a violation that affects the power limit but does not affect energy measurement; and a Type IV Violation (Pelanggaran Golongan IV or P IV) is a violation conducted by a non-consumer.

The Regulation has two appendixes. Appendix I consists of tariff for new connection and tariff to increasing a power limit . Moreover, Appendix II lists the amount of late fees, for instance, electricity connections with 450 VA, will be subject to IDR 3.000 of late fees per month.

The Regulation repeals and replaces:

The Regulation has been in force since 13 May 2011 and applies retroactively from 1 July 2010.