Jakarta – Commission VI of the House of Representatives (DPR) has approved the allocation of IDR3 trillion in State Capital Injection (PMN) for PT PLN (Persero) in 2025. This step was taken to support PLN’s efforts to achieve the 100 per cent Electrification Ratio and Electrified Village Ratio (RDB) targets, as well as realise energy justice in the 3T (underdeveloped, frontier, and outermost) regions.
Member of Commission VI of the House of Representatives, Muhammad Sarmuji, expressed the House’s full support for the PMN allocation for PLN. “We fully support the strengthening of village electricity, the installation of electricity networks to remote areas,” he said in a working meeting quoted from Parliamentaria, Friday, July 11.
On that occasion, Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN), Erick Thohir, hoped that the PMN given to PLN could provide great benefits for national economic growth.
“We hope that this PMN can be right on target and can provide even more benefits for economic growth or policy matters that maintain the current growth as a whole,” Erick said.
Meanwhile, PLN President Director Darmawan Prasodjo explained that PLN and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (EMR) have developed a roadmap for the village electricity (Lisdes) program to achieve a 100 per cent PLN-electrified village ratio. To support this target, PLN is proposing a PMN allocation to electrify as many as 85 thousand customers in 1,092 villages by 2025.
“PLN continues to strive to bring electricity to all corners despite the challenges of accessibility, geography, and conditions prone to security and social conflict. The remaining Lisdes programs are extreme areas that are increasingly difficult to reach, full of risks, remote areas, and located in 3T,” Darmawan continued.
Darmawan also explained that with the digital transformation carried out by PLN, the Lisdes roadmap is now integrated with geospatial maps, so that Lisdes planning and execution become more measurable and targeted.
“We have also communicated to Forkopimda (Regional Leadership Coordination Forum). In their respective regions, each GM meets with the Governors, Regents, DPRD, and other stakeholders to get support, because this village electricity program is not just a PLN program, but it is a state program. We continue to ensure that none of our brothers and sisters still live in darkness,” Darmawan explained.
In the 2015-2022 period, PLN has utilised PMN funds of IDR 49.81 trillion for electricity infrastructure development, including electrifying 7,980 villages enjoyed by 1.37 million people throughout Indonesia. As of May 2024, the achievement of the National Electrified Village Ratio (RDB) is at 99.87 per cent. PLN continues to optimally absorb PMN funds to support the achievement of the 100 per cent RDB target.
“PMN is used to develop electricity infrastructure throughout the archipelago towards social justice and energy independence. The presence of electricity in the regions will create a multiplier effect through increased employment and increased real sector economy so that it can be a driving force for local economic growth,” Darmawan said.
With this PMN allocation, it is hoped that PLN can continue to expand access to electricity to all corners of Indonesia, support economic growth, and improve people’s welfare, especially in areas that are still isolated. (Hartatik)
