ENERGY: Rising debt costs deepen
State electricity provider PLN sparked protests after it enforced rolling blackouts as old power plants struggled to meet demand. Indonesia thought it had hit on a solution when it tapped Chinese banks for cheap money to build new utilities. But now that funding source is drying up, the government is truly in the dark over how to solve the situation. Naomi Rovnick reports.
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