LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA NUMBER: 30 OF YEAR 2009

For those who are engaged in power plant development, I would like to share the following main points from the above subject:

-          Electricity general plan is a plan to develop electricity supply system covering generation, transmission, and distribution aspects of electricity to fulfill electricity demand.

-          The efforts to supply electricity by central government and provincial government shall be done by state owned companies and provincial government owned companies.

-          Private companies, cooperatives, and public self efforts may participate in the efforts to supply electricity.

-          The efforts to supply electricity for public consumption can be done by state owned companies, provincial government owned companies, private companies, cooperatives, and public self efforts engaged in electricity production.

-          Primary energy resources existing domestically and/or imported from overseas should be used optimally in accordance  with national energy policy to ensure sustainable electricity supply.

-          Primary energy resources utilization should prioritize new and renewable energy resources.

-          National electricity general plan shall be prepared based on national energy policy and stated by central government after due consultation with People Representative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia.

-          State owned companies shall be given first priority to supply electricity for public consumption.

-          For those regions which have not been amply supplied with electricity, central government or provincial government in accordance with their authorities shall give the opportunities to provincial government owned companies, private companies, or cooperatives to act as integrated electricity suppliers.

-          Every effort to supply electricity should fulfill the prevailing environment laws and regulations.