The government will include power wheeling in its renewable energy bill, which would allow private companies to sell electricity directly to the consumer through transmission owned by state-run utility firm PLN. The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry’s New and Renewable Energy Director General Eniya Listiani Dewi said on Thursday that the ministry was in the process of formulating the rules on pricing and terms and conditions of using PLN transmission to distribute renewable electricity.Current rules require electricity produced by independent power producers (IPPs) to be sold to PLN for distribution under the state-run monopoly, which involves terms that can limit the economic viability of clean energy projects.According to Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arifin Tasrif, the new draft would include the obligation of an operating area holder to fulfill consumer demand for renewable-based electricity. Other companies could act as an alternative supplier and make a point-to-point agreement with the consumer if the area operator could not fulfill it. Arifin went on to say that it would be hard for the country to achieve its renewable electricity target if it only depended on a single supplier, which is PLN. Opening the sector would incentivize independent power producers to produce renewable energy and channel it to companies pledging carbon neutrality. This, he said, could help accelerate clean energy adoption. (ICE GIACARTA)

Fonte notizia: The Jakarta Post, 5 July 2024