JAKARTA - When the night arrives in Kiraweri District, Arfak Mountains Regency, West Papua, the light from the sparkling lights accompanies every night in people's homes. In the past, only oil lights had a faint circle, or the sound of generators that were heard at a distance. Now, the village is living in the light.
Elias Inyorusi Anangi, a resident of the Arfak Mountains, shared the sad feeling of living without adequate lighting since he was born. It takes effort and creativity if they want their life to be more colorful at night.
My name is Elias Inyousi Anakangi, Kiraweri District. I was born here, we don't have a light yet. We made a fire. We read, learn it, install it, make it fresh to be a lamp. Make a rope, rattan it. We just filled the rattan with kerosene, then put the rattan in the bottle, then burn it, so it's an axis. We used to study," said Elias, Friday, October 18.
Because electricity has not yet entered the district, even when he wanted to leave the house, Elias only relied on the small footpath as their direction to their destination. Without lighting from the spotlight, only the light of the moon illuminated the night of the residents of Kirawei District.
According to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) in 2024, there were 84,276 administrative areas at the village level consisting of 75,753 villages and 8,486 sub-districts in Indonesia. Of these, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia said there were 5,700 or about 6.76 percent of the total villages and sub-districts in the country that had not yet been electrified. The government also targets all villages to get access to electricity by 2030.
"Oh, in the past it was half dead, just walk the rat road. Rat road means this little footpath. Just like us (we) all the road standards on the small road," he said.
Now nature is also giving light. Through the water energy processed into electricity by the Anggi Micro Hydro Power Plant (PLTMH) with a capacity of 150 kW, all houses in the Kiraweri District are clear. This is a manifestation of the implementation of Asta Cita Presiden Prabowo Subianto with the driving force of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, which emphasizes equal access to energy to remote areas of the country.
For Elias, electricity means hope. He can see his children learning longer, his wife can cook with lights, and his house feels live. Thus, 40,680 residents in Arfak Mountains Regency have now been electrified to meet their daily needs
Our village is getting brighter. All houses must get electricity so that we have children we can learn. Mamas can cook with lights like this, our children can learn, be smart, compete with other tribes," he said.
Through the cold hands of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia in an effort to reduce national energy, finally the residents of the Kiraweri District can live normally with electricity flowing into their homes, just like other residents in big cities.
"Thank you, we are still the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia, nothing else. Thank you Mr. President, now our village is brighter," Elias explained.
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) through the Directorate General of New, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation (EBTKE) has built a renewable energy-based power plant through the construction of the Anggi Micro Hydro Power Plant (PLTMH) with a capacity of 150 kW in Upper Village, Anggi District, Arfak Mountains Regency, West Papua.
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PLTMH Anggi is one real example of the realization of the Dedieselization Program, which is currently being intensively implemented by the government. Built in 2022, PLTMH Anggi is a power plant sourced from Diesel Power (s fossil fuels) which is subtituted by a new and more reliable and environmentally friendly New Energy generator.
On a separate occasion, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahdalia emphasized his commitment to increasing equal access to electricity, especially for people living in disadvantaged, frontier, and outermost (3T) areas. To realize this, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources runs the Village Electricity Program (lisdes) for the 2025-2029 period. This program targets the electrification of 5,758 villages that have not been served by PLN, including the construction of rural electricity infrastructure and electrical connection for around 1.2 million households.
This target is in line with the electricity policy as stated in the Electricity Supply Business Plan (RUPTL) of PT PLN (Persero) 2025 '2034. President Prabowo's target is around 2029'30, all villages must be served by electricity. Currently there are 5,700 villages that do not yet have electricity. The state must be present to ensure, and we must install electricity for our brothers and sisters," said Minister Bahlil.
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