ESDM ISSUEs Carbon Economic Value Rules For Power Plants

Illustration - PLTU Paiton Complex in Probolinggo and Situbondo Regencies, East Java. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has issued Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Regulation Number 16 of 2022 concerning Procedures for the Implementation of Carbon Economic Values for Power Plants to control greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Acting (Plt) Director General of Electricity Dadan Kusdiana said, in the Ministerial Regulation there are 6 (six) scopes of arrangements which include the stipulation of the Technical Stipulation of Emission Limits (PTBAE), the preparation of the GRK Emission Monitoring Plan for power generation, the determination of the Approval of the Top Limit Technical Emission of Business Actors (PTBAE-PU), Carbon Trading, compilation of reports on the EMisi of GRK power plants and evaluation of the implementation of Carbon Trade and PTBAE-PU auctions.

"We finished it at the end of last year, then carbon trading, the composition of the GRK report and evaluation. We have still tested last year but because of the real position, many parties participated," he said in his remarks at 'Socialization of the Regulation of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Number 16 of 2022 concerning Procedures for the Implementation of Economic Values of Carbon Power Plant Subsectors, Tuesday 24 January.

Dadan said, there are 99 PLTUs that follow the mechanism of carbon trading in the generating sector this year.

"The first phase of carbon trading will be carried out in 2023, where it will first be implemented in coal PLTU generating units connected to the electricity network of PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero) with a larger capacity or equal to 100 MW. We note that there are a total of about 99 units of coal PLTU," said Dadan.

Just so you know, this regulation is a derivative of Presidential Regulation Number 98 of 2021 concerning the Implementation of Carbon Economic Values for the Achievement of Nationally Stipulated Contribution Targets and Control of Glass House Gas Emissions in National Development. Where Carbon Economic Value is one of the instruments in reducing GRK emissions.