PLN office extends bill deadline

PLN office extends bill deadline

YOGYAKARTA: The Yogyakarta branch office of state-owned
electricity company PT PLN has extended the deadline for the
payment of May bills from June 20 to June 30.

Local PLN office head Isharmanto made the decision after
holding a hearing with the provincial council yesterday following
mounting calls for the electricity company to lower prices.

"An official announcement is expected to be made soon after
company officials hold a hearing with the House of
Representatives in Jakarta on Tuesday," he said.

Many mass organizations in the city have lodged protests with
the PLN office and the provincial council on the new hike in
electricity tariffs.

Hundreds of students recently occupied the council building to
demand lower prices. (23/44)