Dedi Mulyadi Promises All West Java Electricity In 2026

West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi promised to provide access to electricity for all West Java residents in 2026, which he said was to encourage economic growth, improve the quality of life of the community, and realize the 100 percent electrification ratio.

Dedi Mulyadi promised that his party would use solar power to provide access to electricity in remote areas and is difficult to access. This step was taken so that the construction of access to electricity does not damage the environmental ecosystem.

"Those who don't have the electricity, houses, and some areas in the middle of the forest. We have planned with solar power," said Dedi as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, October 21.

According to data from the West Java Energy and Mineral Resources Service (ESDM), there are still 450 thousand houses that have not been connected.

"I'm targeting next year. At first I wanted the electricity to be completed this year. Because in the past, reports from the HR Service lacked 150,000 connection units. It turns out that 450,000 are now adding more. So it should be next year," he said.

In addition to providing equal access to electricity, Dedi also said that the West Java Provincial Government would overcome villages that do not yet have access to communication (black spots) in 2026.

Currently, the West Java Regional Government is still conducting village inventory that does not yet have access to communication. With good inventory, intervention will be effective and efficient.

"I also target that next year the internet will be connected. This is what we are the target, development spending must be for the benefit of the community," said Dedi.

This promise was made by Dedi, responding to the findings of the Ministry of Cooperatives conveyed by the Minister of Cooperatives Ferry Juliantono, who explained that there were a number of obstacles experienced in the implementation of the Red and White Cooperative (KMP) program in a number of villages in West Java.

According to Ferry, one of the obstacles faced is that there are still many villages that have not been electrified by thousands.

"We found several problems because there are more than thousands of villages that do not have electricity," said Ferry during the West Java Regional Conference (Muswil) of the Regional Indonesian Cooperative Council (Dekopinwil) at Gedung Sate Bandung, Monday (20/10).

Likewise, the internet network has an impact on KMP data collection by cooperative administrators.

"There are still tens of thousands of villages that have not been connected to the internet, which have not been maximally supported with accurate data," he said.