JAKARTA - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) as well as Daily Chair of the National Energy Council (DEN), Bahlil Lahadalia chaired the 2025 DEN Second and Third Member Session. In his remarks, Bahlil encouraged members of the DEN to be able to learn from Brazil to take advantage of new and renewable energy in energy transition efforts.
"They use sugar cane, yes, the gasoline, they go to 100 percent, they can use it. Because they have good agriculture, the ethanol is good, the biodiesel is also the winner. We import ethanol and methanol every year. So maybe what we need to push for sugar cane is converted to ethanol and methanol," said Bahlil, quoted on Saturday, July 19.
Some of the main discussions at this trial are the latest status of the Draft Government Regulation on National Energy Policy (RPP KEN), the alignment of downstream programs with KEN, and synchronization of regional energy planning or cross-sectoral energy policies.
At the trial, it was stated that PP KEN is currently still waiting for determination. Meanwhile, RPP KEN is considered to be in line with the downstream program, and supports the energy transition to Net Zero Emission (NZE) in 2060, including through optimizing the use of New and Renewable Energy (EBT) in order to maintain energy resilience and independence.
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Not only that, PP KEN also highlighted the need for funding for the decarbonization of the energy and energy security sector through the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN), Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD), and other sources, both from national and international sources.
Once established, PP KEN will be the basis for regions to determine regional energy planning and cross-sectoral energy policies. For this reason, Bahlil said, the DEN needs to provide technical guidance and assistance in the preparation of Regional Regulations on the General Plan for Regional Energy (RUED) and cross-sectoral energy policies for 38 provinces, especially for Papua Provinces, South Papua, Southwest Papua, and Papua Mountains.
Another topic discussed at the 2nd and 3rd DEN Member Sessions is the proposed amendment to Presidential Decree Number 17/P of 2009 regarding DEN Membership from Government Elements, following changes in nomenclature from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology to the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology.
In addition, the 2024 Energy Independence Calculation Index was also discussed, which assesses the Aspects, Indicators and Bobots of National Energy Independence. To increase energy independence, the DEN recommends an increase in the Reserve Replacement Ratio (RR), including through resource exploration, potential and/or reserves, evidenced energy, increasing oil and gas supply and LPG as well as substitution by optimizing domestic energy sources.
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