Coordinating Minister Airlangga Affirmed The Conversion Of Gas Composite To Electricity Before This Year's Claims

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JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto ensured that the 3-kilogram LPG stove conversion program to induction electric stoves would not be implemented in 2022.

"I can say that the government has not decided regarding the conversion program from a 3 kg LPG stove to an induction electric stove," he said at a press conference related to the 3 kg LPG Composite Conversion Program to the Electric Induction Company in Jakarta, Friday, September 23.

Airlangga said that currently the government continues to monitor and appreciate input from the public, including monitoring the news in the media, and has seen firsthand the conditions in the field related to the conversion of the 3 kg LPG stove into an induction electric stove.

In addition, he continued, the discussion of the budget with the IDPR House of Representatives related to the 3 kg LPG stove conversion program to the induction electric stove has not been discussed and has not been approved.

Thus, the induction electric stove program is still a trial or prototype of 2,000 units of the 300 thousand planned units to be implemented in Bali and Solo (Central Java).

"The results of this trial will be evaluated and corrected," said Airlangga.

Airlangga also ensured that the government would carefully calculate all costs and risks, pay attention to the interests of the community, and socialize to the public before the 3 kg LPG stove conversion program to the induction electric stove is implemented.

The 3 kg LPG stove conversion program to induction electric stoves is carried out to support government programs related to national energy security through import-based energy transfer programs to domestic-based energy.