No Change In Electrification Ratio In Maluku In Two Years, Member Of Commission VI: If PLN Gets PMN, Board Of Directors Must Pay Attention To 3T Regions

Illustration of PLN officers checking electrical installations at residents' homes. (Photo: Doc of Public Relations of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources)

JAKARTA - Member of Commission VI DPR RI Hendrik Izaac Lewerissa highlighted the performance of the State Electricity Company (Persero) in increasing the electrification ratio in Maluku, which he assessed had not changed in the last two years. This is based on the fact that the electrification ratio in Maluku has not increased to 80 percent since 2019.

“I noted that it turns out that there are several provinces with many 3T villages (Outermost, Remote and Disadvantaged) and one of them is Maluku. And from the data presented, the electrification ratio is still 80 percent. I have been in Commission VI for two and a half years, since I was here for the first time, my records show that the electrification ratio in my area is 80 percent as well. That means, I can conclude that in the past two years there has been no change in the electrification ratio in Maluku," said Hendrik in the Commission VI RDP with the President Director of PT PLN, Wednesday 15 June.

For this reason, in the meeting discussing the deepening of State Equity Participation (PMN), Hendrik asked that if the DPR RI later approves this PMN proposal, he hopes that PT PLN will immediately complete the target of one hundred percent of the electrification ratio as this is the embodiment of the fifth principle of Pancasila, social justice for all the people of Indonesia.

"I don't know, I believe there will be changes, I don't know if maybe this data hasn't been updated, it hasn't been updated or what but I ask that when the DPR RI approves the PMN PLN proposal, I ask for wisdom from the PLN Board of Directors to please pay attention to the area. -3T's area. Not just in presentation sheets, but concretely. I am closely monitoring the electrification development of my region in Maluku," explained the Gerindra Party politician.

Previously, in his presentation, Director of PT PLN (Persero) Darmawan Prasodjo said that until now there are still more than 4,700 villages throughout Indonesia that have not enjoyed the electricity facilities from the red plate stun company.

Currently, the ratio of villages to electricity sourced from PLN is around 90.78 percent, and some provinces are still below 80 percent, namely West Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, Maluku.

"Even Papua and West Papua are still below 50 percent. We admit that the locations are difficult to reach, many are still isolated, in remote areas, even here there are border areas between countries," continued Dharmawan.

For this reason, he asked for a PMN allocation for the 2023 fiscal year amounting to Rp. 10 trillion which would be earmarked for building various company electricity infrastructures.

It is known in the conclusions of the RDP, Commission VI of the DPR RI received and understood the explanation from the President Director of PT PLN Persero and will further explore the proposal for a cash PMN for Fiscal Year 2023 in the amount of Rp. 10 trillion to fund the development of electricity infrastructure throughout the archipelago towards social justice and energy independence. .