PLN books profit in 2009

State electricity company PT PLN booked Rp 6 trillion (US$ 638 million) in profit last year and gave Rp 3 trillion in dividends to the government, a minister said Tuesday.

State SOE Minister Mustafa Abubakar said PLN turned the Rp 13.9 trillion loss in 2008 into profit last year.

Mustafa, however, was reportedly not clear about how PLN became profitable.