"The Ministry Of Energy And Mineral Resources Leaves The DIM Bill EBT To Commission VII Of The DPR", This Is The Leak

JAKARTA - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Arifin Tasrif representing the government has officially submitted a List of Problem Inventory (DIM) in the Draft Law on New Energy and Renewable Energy (RUU EBET) at a Working Meeting between the Governments, consisting of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Ministry of SOEs, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Ministry of Education and Culture, together with Chairman of Committee II DPD in a Working Meeting held by Commission VII DPR RI on Tuesday 29 November.

"Based on the internal discussions that have been carried out by the government, a DIM Bill EBET has been prepared consisting of 574 numbers, with details of 52 articles being changed, 10 articles fixed, and 11 new articles," said Arifin, quoted on Wednesday, November 30.

Furthermore, Arifin said that the substance points in the DIM Bill EBET consisted of 14 points, including the energy transition and road maps.

He said that the government agreed to regulate the energy transition and roadmap, but by adjusting the substance sequence, starting from the energy mix target which refers to the National Energy Policy (KEN), roadmaps in the energy transition both in the medium and long term, as well as the implementation of the energy transition.

Then, the government's EBET sources agreed on definitions related to energy, renewable energy, and energy sources, renewable energy sources and renewable energy sources.

"However, for the definition of new energy and new energy sources, the government proposes changes taking into account criteria following international standards on low-carbon emissions," said Arifin.

The third point, Arifin added, is about nuclear, the government approved the formation of the Nuclear Energy Council (MTN) and further proposed the authority of the MTN, which is related to the assessment of policies for implementing monitoring and evaluation as well as the preparation of policy recommendations.

"While the fourth point is regarding business licensing, the government proposes EBET business licensing including risk-based nuclear as legality given to business actors to run EBET businesses. So that it is expected to provide legal certainty, increase investment, increase TKDN, accelerate EBET and as legal umbrella in fostering and supervising EBET business activities," he concluded.

For information, the DPR has submitted the EBET Bill to the government on June 14, 2022. The EBET Bill is a DPR initiative bill that is a priority for discussion in the 2022 National Legislation Program (Prolegnas) through the Decree of the DPR RI Number 8/DPR RI/II/2021-2022.