Electricity Consumption Reaches 1,337 KWh Per Kapita, RI Wants To Pursue Thailand

Director General of Electricity Jisman P Hutajulu (photo: Maria Trisnawati/VOI)

JAKARTA - The realization of electricity consumption per capita of the Republic of Indonesia in 2023 was recorded at 1,337 kWh per capita. This achievement exceeded the target set at 1,336 kWh and was higher by the realization in 2023 of 1,173 kWh.

"Our electricity consumption per capita is 1,337, the result is not bad because Myanmar, Cambodia, Timor Leste, it is still below," said Director General of Electricity Jisman P Hutajulu at a press conference in Jakarta, Thursday, January 18.

Jisman detailed that electricity per capita consumption in Myanmar was recorded at 416 kWh per capita, Cambodia at 524 kWh, Timor Leste at 401 kWh and philipina at 976 kWh per Kapita.

According to him, nationally, Indonesia's per capita electricity consumption is still small, but when compared to per region, electricity consumption per capita Jakarta is equivalent to electricity consumption per capita in Malaysia, which is 5.336.

This is also true when comparing Brunei Darusalam's electricity consumption which reaches 10,508 because it has a small country area, while Indonesia has an area spread over 17,000 islands with a population of 270 million.

"We have a very wide area of 17 thousand islands, a population of 270 million. We actually use electricity not too much to lose to others. Jakarta is already in the 5000s and is quite good," added Jisman.

However, according to him, Indonesia still needs to increase electricity consumption per capita because the higher electricity consumption shows the prosperity of the community.

"We hope that at least we will catch up with Thailand in 2000," concluded Jisman.