Jakarta (VNA) – The Indonesian Government has formulated three primary strategies to expand electricity access across remote villages, in a bid to push the national electrification ratio toward 100% by 2029.
To realise this goal, Indonesia will implement three complementary approaches, according to head of the Government Communications Agency Muhammad Qodari.
The first is to expand the national electricity grid by extending the existing network operated by the state-owned electricity company PT PLN (Persero) to neighbouring communities that remain without electricity access.
The second involves developing standalone mini-grids powered by locally available renewable energy sources to serve communities in frontier regions and remote islands.
The third approach provides individual solar home systems equipped with battery storage for households in dispersed areas where grid connections are considered economically unviable.
Qodari was quoted by local media as saying that the drive is guided by the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministerial Decree on the 2025–2029 Roadmap for the Rural Electrification Programme and the New Electricity Installation Assistance (BPBL) Programme.
Once electricity infrastructure becomes available, the country will also provide new electricity installation assistance to low-income households through the BPBL programme.
According to PLN data, Indonesia's national electrification ratio has reached 99.83% of households.
Meanwhile, the village electrification ratio has climbed to 99.97%, with 98.56% of all electricity access nationwide supplied directly through PLN's network./.
Indonesia aims to create up to 3.5 million jobs in 2027
The employment target is aligned with the Indonesian government's goals of achieving economic growth of 5.8–6.5%, increasing the rate of formal employment to 40.81%, and lowering the unemployment rate to 4.3–4.87% in 2027.
