11.   The party is also in favor of the elimination of asset taxes and wants to reduce electricity tariffs rather than cut the value-added tax.

12.   Thus the government, eager to avoid similar losses by the state-owned sector, raised electricity tariffs in January to generate extra revenues and pinch demand.

13.   PLN has adjusted the electricity tariff nine times since.

14.   PLN has also proposed an increase in the basis for raising electricity tariffs but the government has yet to approve the proposal.

15.   He also gave an assurance that Tenaga Nasional would not raise its electricity tariff.

16.   However, the main electricity tariff is usually changed every three years based on the financial ratio of the three power agencies.

17.   However, their efforts have not met with much success in the absence of independent regulators to fix electricity tariffs.

18.   Kuntoro also announced increases in fuel prices and electricity tariffs after the meeting.

19.   Sudanese workers are appealing to President Lt. Gen. Omar Hassan el-Bashir to reduce electricity tariffs and are warning there will be trouble if their demands are ignored.

20.   The electricity tariff base, which is stipulated in a presidential decree, is used as the basis point for an adjustment in the electricity tariff.