JAKARTA - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) through the Directorate General of New, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation (EBTKE) has again realized the development of pro-people energy infrastructure, one of which is through Public-Solar Street Lighting (PJU-TS) installed in Bulukumba Regency. , South Sulawesi Province.
"For 2021, 70 PJU-TS points will be installed. In total, since 2018 there have been 214 light points installed in Bulukumba Regency," said Director of Planning and Infrastructure Development for New, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation, Directorate General of EBTKE, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Hendra. Iswahyudi in a statement to the media, Tuesday, July 5.
The installation of PJU-TS in Bulukumba, continued Hendra, is a program for the 2021 Fiscal Year of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources through the Directorate General of EBTKE. All points have been installed and operating properly, providing benefits and information for the community.
There are a total of 450 points which were inaugurated and spread over four districts in South Sulawesi, namely Bulukumba Regency 70 points, Wajo Regency 137 points, Maros Regency 104 points and Bone Regency 139 points.
The PJU-TS installation program that has been implemented by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources since 2015 has succeeded in installing 90,687 PJU-TS points throughout Indonesia. If in total, this amount is equivalent to lighting a road along 4,535 km. In 2021, 22,000 PJU-TS units have been built in 34 provinces or the equivalent of lighting up 1,100 km of roads.
According to Hendra, from an economic point of view, the use of PJU-TS can help the efficiency of local government spending for electricity bill payments, because PJU-TS does not require a source of electrical energy from PLN.
"The savings from PJU-TS may be small for one point per day, but if it is calculated in a year, from the total existing lights, the savings from PJU-TS are certainly quite significant. the electricity bill," said Hendra.
Meanwhile, Member of Commission VII DPR RI Andi Yuliani Paris advised the Bulukumba Regency Government and the local community to be able to take good care of the PJU-TS infrastructure so that its benefits can continue to be felt in a sustainable manner.
"My message is, please take good care of what has been given by the government so that the benefits can continue to be felt by the community," said Yuliani Paris.
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