(EnergyAsia, May 25 2010, Tuesday)—The Indonesian government said it will increase energy subsidies beyond what it had budgeted earlier this year with a smaller-than-expected rise in power tariffs. The electricity subsidy could rise by 2.4 trillion rupiah to 56.9 trillion rupiah this year, said chief economic minister Hatta Rajasa. (US$1=9,250 rupiah). The subsidy was originally…

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