Military owes Rp 23b to PLN

Military owes Rp 23b to PLN

PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): Military offices owe some Rp 23
billion (US$3.1 million) in overdue accounts to Perusahaan
Listrik Negara (PLN), the state owned electricity company's
president Kuntoro Mangkusubroto has said.

Kuntoro said that the Military's overdue payment was part of
the company's total unpaid claims of about Rp 157 billion from
its institutional customers.

Other debtors included provincial governments, that owe a
total of Rp 15 billion, and social organizations such schools
which owe some Rp 50 billion, he said.

"We will try to collect the unpaid invoices including those
from the Military," he said. But he added that PLN would not
force them to pay the claim.

Minister of Mines and Energy Susilo Bambang Yudhiyono said
earlier PLN might lose Rp 13.7 trillion during the April-December
2000 fiscal year if it failed to improve its efficiency.

The state electricity company has been experiencing financial
difficulties the last three years due to its inefficiency and the
large amount of its overdue payments to independent power
producers. (45/07)