Build 500 PJU-TS In Cianjur, Ministry Of Energy And Mineral Resources: Can Save Regional Original Revenue

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JAKARTA - The people of Cianjur, West Java are enjoying the results of the construction of the Surya Power Street Information Infrastructure (PJU-TS) from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources through the Directorate General of New and Renewable Energy (EBTKE).

This development is the government's commitment to increasing the use of renewable energy and the use of the APBN to be felt directly for the community.

"Procurement activities originating from the APBN at the direction of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources and Commission VII of the DPR RI must be maximized so that there are direct benefits in the community," said Director General of EBTKE Dadan Kusdiana in an official statement, Friday, July 8.

The installation of PJU-TS, continued Dadan, can be a solution for the efficiency of electricity for lighting and save the expenditure of Regional Original Income (PAD) originating from the road lighting tax. "The benefit is the same as that of PLTS Rooftop reducing payments for electricity bills," he said.

The Director General of EBTKE together with the Chairman of Commission VII of the DPR RI Commission VII Eddy Soeparno has handed over as many as 500 PJU-TS units as a result of the 2021 State Budget Year to the Cianjur Regional Government (Pemda). He hopes that the community will maintain the construction of the PJU-TS infrastructure so that the benefits can be felt over a long period of time.

"There will be handover. The assets will be transferred from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources to the Cianjur Regional Government," he said.

According to Dadan, PJU-TS technically has advanced technology and adapts to the needs of the community.

"The lights will burn as needed. We don't need to come to turn it off or turn it off. It will turn on every night. At around 9-10 pm it will slowly dim, but it will turn on 100 percent in the morning before sunrise," he explained.

Through the construction of PJU-TS, the government is determined to realize the development of clean energy in the future. "The government together with the DPR will design Indonesia one day to become a country free of emissions, not to issue CO2, or CO2 neutral, this is our effort, including building (awareness) at the community level," concluded Dadan.