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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [yonsatu] Re: Fwd: [Iatmi_houston] FW: [Oil&Gas] FW: Listrik mahal >- Inilah rahasianya >Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 10:02:46 +0200 > >'Pemerasan' negara asing kepada Indonesia seperti ini nggak akan terjadi >kalau rezim Orba nggak tamak, nggak rakus dan bener2 mengutamakan >kepentingan rakyat dan negara diatas kepentingan pribadi atau golongan. >Ini baru beberapa kontrak kongkalingkong dibidang energi yang diketahui. >Nggak terbayang entah berapa ratus atau berapa ribu kontrak2 >kongkalingkong dibidang lainnya yang sekarang sedang menghisap darah >republik yang sudah semakin kurus, tinggal tulang belulang ini. > >Semoga seluruh rakyat Indonesia diberi kekuatan untuk melewati masa yang >teramat sulit ini. Dan semoga para penguasa RI mulai jaman reformasi dan >seterusnya, nggak mengulangi lagi kerakusan, ketamakan dan ketidak >profesionalan rezim Orba. Semoga rakyatnya juga semakin cerdas, dan >semakin mengerti hak2 serta kewajiban mereka sebagai warga negara republik >ini, dan sadar bahwa tanpa mereka penguasa RI dan republik ini nggak akan >ada. > >Salam hangat, >HermanSyah XIV. > > > > > > >Bambang Samudra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >07/02/2003 23:56 >Please respond to yonsatu > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: > Subject: [yonsatu] Fwd: [Iatmi_houston] FW: [Oil&Gas] FW: >Listrik mahal - Inilah >rahasianya > > >Dari milis tetangga.... >Wass, > > >Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 09:53:49 -0500 > >From: "Istadi, Bambang P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [Iatmi_houston] FW: [Oil&Gas] FW: Listrik mahal - Inilah >rahasianya > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >Dari milis Migas Indonesia,... > > > > > >Bambang Istadi > >ConocoPhillips Inc. > >New Ventures Exploration > >+1-281-293-3763 > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Desmawati [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 12:16 AM > >Subject: [Oil&Gas] FW: Listrik mahal - Inilah rahasianya > > > >Inilah yang terjadi, yang menyebabkan PLN selalu rugi dan harga listrik > >harus naik tiap 3 bulan sekali. > >Dari milis tetangga. > > > >Regards, > > > >Desma > > > >____________________________________________________________________________ > > > >Larouche Society March 28/2001 > >Looting Indonesia: The energy brokers 'warm-up' for California by >Michael > >Billington > > > >It is now widely acknowledged among sane individuals that the ongoing > >looting of California (and other states) by a handful of energy brokers, > >under the cover of 'deregulation', is having the effect, as if by design, >of > >collapsing an economy which was already weakened by the bursting of the > >financial bubble. It is instructive to those who may doubt that such > >corporate geniuses would consciously destroy an economy, for nothing more > >than an apparent short-term gain, to examine the process of looting which > >has taken place against Indonesia since the mid-1990s, by many of the >same > >entities now 'doing' California. > >Although the specific mechanism used was different, the species > >characteristic of the looting process was precisely the same. After the > >near-breakdown of the world financial system in 1987 and 1989, a > >hyperinflationary process was unleashed out of New York and London, based >on > >the creation of a huge derivatives-based financial bubble, in order to > >preserve the power of the (actually bankrupt) global financial >institutions. > >One aspect of this bubble was the 'globalization' process, generating hot > >money flows into developing nations, financing maquiladora-style >cheap-labor > >export industries, and creating local bubbles in the real estate and >equity > >markets in much of the Third World--and in Asia in particular. > >Energy generation, like most infrastructure in the Third World, was >woefully > >inadequate in Asia, so the energy companies jumped in to meet the >need--an > >admirable task, under normal circumstances, but conditions were hardly > >normal. Although the following profile of the Indonesia situation was > >repeated in nearly every country in the region, the Indonesian case is > >exemplary. > > > >Sweetheart Deals with Suharto > >Altogether, 27 joint venture energy contracts were set up in the early to > >mid 1990s in Indonesia. Each one included a foreign power producer--we'll > >examine below projects with MidAmerican, Edison Mission, and Florida >Power > >and Light--in partnership with the Indonesian state electricity company, > >Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), and an Indonesian private firm, >inevitably > >run by one of President Suharto's children. All had the same general > >character: A power plant would be built on the condition that PLN (i.e., >the > >government) would be bound to purchase a fixed amount of electricity each > >year, regardless of whether or not the electricity was needed at the >time, > >and that the cost of the electricity would be determined in dollars, not >in > >the local currency, the rupiah. > >These lucrative deals were set up through personal connections between >the > >energy producers (and their international banks) and the Suharto family >and > >friends, the same circle which was later denounced as 'corrupt' by the > >so-called 'international community'. While the fantasy persisted that the > >financial bubble would expand forever (a fantasy that persisted within >the > >United States up until the past year), the Indonesian energy deals proved >to > >be a bonanza for everyone involved. > >However, when the bubble burst in 1997-98, brought on by the speculative > >attack on the Asian currencies by the hedge funds, and the >conditionalities > >imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the energy deals were > >exposed for what they were--a scam which left the government helpless >before > >the combined power of the multinational corporations, the international > >banks, the IMF, the United Nations, and the U.S. State Department, all of > >whom demanded that the corrupt contracts be honored in full, or Indonesia > >would be subjected to credit termination, economic sanctions, seizure of > >assets, and political destabilization by non-governmental organizations > >(NGOs) and other 'private' operations controlled by the Wall Street and > >London power elite. > >With the sudden collapse of the economy, and the subsequent rapid decline >in > >energy needs, many of the newly built power plants were no longer needed. > >The risk, however, had been entirely transferred to the Indonesian > >government, through the corrupt conditions of the contracts. Indonesia >was > >required to pay for electricity for which it had no use. Beyond that, >since > >the electricity was priced in dollars, when the speculative raid drove >the > >value of the Indonesian rupiah to about one-forth its former value, the > >government-owned PLN was forced to pay four times the actual value (in > >Indonesian terms) for the electricity it didn't need! > >The currency eventually settled at about one-third its former value. PLN > >raised the price on the electricity it sold to Indonesian consumers > >substantially, but it could not even begin to charge the price it was >forced > >to pay the foreign producers. In fact, when President Suharto allowed an > >increase in the costs of certain fuels, it precipitated riots which > >ultimately brought down his government, and similar instability would >have > >been certain in the case of any further drastic rate increases. The >result, > >then, was that PLN was faced with purchasing huge quantities of energy at > >prices in the range of 5-8ct per kilowatt hour, while reselling only a > >fraction of that amount, and at only about 2-3ct per kilowatt-hour (kWh). > >This ridiculous, untenable situation could only be truly appreciated by a > >California governor! > >The Indonesian government approached the 27 different foreign producers >with > >a request that the contracts be renegotiated to account for the >drastically > >changed circumstances. In some of the cases where plants were not yet > >completed (or not yet begun), the contracts were cancelled, with requests > >for reasonable breach of contract settlements. The response was a barrage >of > >hypocritical demands that the sanctity of contracts must be upheld. The > >extent to which pure thug tactics were used is demonstrated in the case > >studies below. > >Several leaders in the new Indonesian government pointed out the obvious > >inconsistency: Why is it that the IMF and other foreign interests insist > >that the 'cronyism and corruption' of the Suharto era must be ended, by > >imposing 'transparency', and by bringing those guilty of corruption to > >trial, but that the foreign partners who participated in the corruption >(or, > >more likely, instigated it) are not only let off the hook of criminal > >responsibility, but their corrupt contracts must be respected to the >letter? > >In August 1999, then-PLN president Adhi Satriya said he would ask the >courts > >to 'annul contracts secured by the Independent Power Brokers through >corrupt > >practices, and to punish all those involved'. He accused former PLN > >directors of signing contracts with 'marked-up prices', even before the > >devaluations. One former PLN chief, Djiteng Marsudi, said that he had >been > >'forced' to sign such contracts under political pressure. In fact, as >shown > >below, failure by the Indonesian government to meet the terms of these > >corrupt contracts led to legal proceedings in international courts which > >simply disregarded the question of the general welfare of the Indonesian > >people, and ignored rulings by Indonesian courts, while U.S. Ambassador > >Robert Gelbard and the IMF issued explicit threats of sanctions if the >pound > >of flesh were not delivered As a result, the government is now losing > >billions of dollars every year to the power brokers, while the country > >descends further into poverty, social divisiveness, and rising levels of > >violence. Is that California's future under the current deregulation > >'free-market' policy? > > > >Case study #1: MidAmerican Energy Holdings > >MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company (formerly CalEnergy), owned by Warren > >Buffett, is both a leading international energy producer and a major >player > >in the deregulated energy markets in the United States and the United > >Kingdom. MidAmerican contracted to build two geothermal power plants in > >Java. One plant was completed and one was under construction at the time >of > >the 1997-98 collapse in Southeast Asia. > >When Indonesia put a hold on the incomplete plant, and could not meet the > >contracted purchases on the other, MidAmerican refused to renegotiate, >but > >took the matter to the United Nations Commission on International Trade >Law > >(Uncitral). This international body ruled in favor of MidAmerican, >ordering > >that Indonesia immediately pay $572 million to MidAmerican for breach of > >contract. > >PLN responded in May 1999, by filing suit in a Jakarta District Court to > >annul the Uncitral ruling as having 'gravely prejudiced PLN's legal >rights > >by ignoring or misinterpreting the Indonesian laws', according to PLN > >President Adhi Satriya. The contracts, he said, were 'clearly specified >to > >be subject to the sovereign laws of Indonesia'. MidAmerican returned to >the > >Uncitral, which simply asserted its jurisdiction over the dispute > >'notwithstanding Indonesian court orders purporting to enjoin the > >arbitration ... in violation of generally recognized principles of > >international law'. > >Since Indonesia had no means of paying the extortionists, MidAmerican >turned > >to its insurers, which included the U.S. government's insurance >operation, > >the Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC), which paid the American >firm > >for its loss in the collapsed Indonesian market. Rather than leaving it >at > >that, the U.S. State Department, behind the thugish U.S. Ambassador to > >Indonesia, Gelbard, went to work to collect the blood money. In July >2000, > >Gelbard announced that he was 'running out of patience' with Indonesia's > >tardy repayment to OPIC of the $290 million it had paid to MidAmerican. > >'There is always the possibility of declaring expropriation [of >Indonesian > >assets].... If we were to do this', snarled the diplomat, 'it would >result > >in a dramatic deterioration of the rupiah and would hurt Indonesia very > >much'. > > > >Case study #2: Edison Mission Energy > >Edison Mission Energy (EME), the international arm of the same holding > >company, Edison International, which owns Southern California Edison, > >launched a $2.5 billion project in Indonesia in February 1994, called >Paiton > >Energy, in partnership with General Electric, Mitsui, and a local firm >run > >by an associate of General Suharto. The total energy production was > >contracted to the state electricity company, PLN, with all costs indexed >to > >the Indonesian rupiah/U.S. dollar exchange rate established at the time >the > >agreement was executed. The 30-year agreement called for PLN to pay 8.4ct > >per kWh for six years, declining slightly after that. > >As with MidAmerican, the entire risk was transferred to the Indonesian > >government. After the collapse in 1998, PLN president Adhi called on >Paiton > >to lower their prices, calling the original price a 'world-class >mark-up'. > >Adhi pointed out that the 'take-or-pay' clause, which held PLN to pay >$995 > >million per year for 'fixed costs', was enough to develop a new power >plant > >of 600 megawatts each year. After a year of fruitless discussions, PLN >went > >into court in Jakarta to nullify the contract as 'unlawful, unfair, and >not > >transparent', and called on the court to declare the contract 'void and >not > >enforceable'. > >Paiton then followed the path of MidAmerican's successful use of > >'extraterritoriality', going outside the Indonesian court system, to > >international arbitration, 'to preserve the sanctity of its >power-purchase > >agreement and to protect the interest of its shareholders, lenders, and > >other credit support providers'. Let the welfare of the Indonesian people >be > >damned. The Central Jakarta District Court appeared to be moving toward a > >favorable ruling for PLN, when the new government of President >Abdurrahman > >Wahid, under intense pressure from the 'international community', decided >to > >drop the suit, agreeing to an out-of-court settlement. PLN President Adhi > >and a top assistant resigned. > > > >Case study #3: Florida Power and Light > >In 1994, Florida Power and Light (FPL), in partnership with Caithness >Energy > >(which has recently attached a lien on Southern California Edison for >unpaid > >bills from the debt-ridden utility), contracted with PLN and Indonesia's > >state oil firm, Pertimina, to build a 400 mw geothermal plant in West >Java. > >As in all the sweetheart deals with the Suharto regime, all risk was >shifted > >to the government, including a clause which specified that Indonesia >would > >bear the entire burden if the government took any action detrimental to >the > >project. > >Between 1994 and 1998, FPL and its other foreign partners spent $93 >million > >on site search, testing, and other preparatory measures, but had not >begun > >construction when the crisis hit, causing the government to cancel the > >project, in January 1998. FPL took the case to the UN arbitration board, > >which not only awarded FPL its entire invested capital (since, of course, > >these 'free trade' deals bore zero risk), but awarded them an additional > >penalty of $150 million, for 'lost profits'--i.e., profits they could >have > >extracted had the project gone through! > >In February of this year, FPL took the case to the U.S. District Court in > >the Southern District of Texas, with a petition to confirm the award and > >enforce payment. Why Texas? Because Pertimina has property and assets in > >Texas--the same assets Ambassador Gelbard had threatened to seize for > >MidAmerican--which FPL plans to grab for itself if the Indonesians refuse >to > >wring the unearned profits out of the bare sustenance of the population. > >Other Cases: Enron > >There are other cases. Enron, the powerbroker now at the center of the > >criminal looting process in the United States, signed an agreement in >1996 > >to build a power plant in East Java, which was to begin construction in >late > >1997. When the contract was cancelled after the crisis, Enron walked away > >with $15 million. And there are more. Indonesia, with half its population > >suddenly thrust into poverty, with ethnic and regional conflicts tearing >at > >the very structure of the republic, has been forced to bear the entire > >burden of the foreign 'shareholders' value'. > >For the year 2000, PLN posted losses of $2.2 billion, adding drastically >to > >the nation's overall intolerable debt burden--and there is no indication > >that the looting process will end in the foreseeable future. Wherever the > >sovereign regulation of utilities are manipulated, eliminated, or >ignored, > >the powerbrokers have proven to follow the lure of fast money, rather >than > >the long-term need for the development of a nation's infrastructure. That > >this process destroys the future market for such power industries > >themselves, seems to be of no concern. America has watched passively as >our > >friends and neighbors have been financially and economically raped, often >in > >our name. Will we remain passive, now that the rapists have turned their > >sights on California? > > > > > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >--[YONSATU - >ITB]---------------------------------------------------------- >Online archive : <http://yonsatu.mahawarman.net> >Moderators : <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Unsubscribe : <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Vacation : <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > >--[YONSATU - ITB]---------------------------------------------------------- >Online archive : <http://yonsatu.mahawarman.net> >Moderators : <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Unsubscribe : <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Vacation : <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail --[YONSATU - ITB]---------------------------------------------------------- Online archive : <http://yonsatu.mahawarman.net> Moderators : <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribe : <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vacation : <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
