How Indonesia’s coal policies left its own citizens in the dark

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Indonesia's coal policies have caused widespread power outages across Java island, affecting millions of residents and businesses. Despite being the world's largest coal exporter, regulatory and pricing issues have led to electricity shortages.

A wave of power outages across Indonesia’s Java island has left millions of residents and business owners in the dark, igniting public fury and raising questions as to how the world’s largest coal exporter is failing to keep its own lights on. The answer, analysts say, lies less in a coal shortage than in the rules and incentives governing who gets to buy it, at what price and when. Hours-long blackouts since last week have disrupted the lives and businesses of millions of subscribers of...