Event Reports

On Friday, 8 May 2020 the Transport and Logistics Working Group conducted an online bimonthly meeting. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Marco Pietsch from Logwin Logistics as the Head of the Group and discussed latest development in policy changes impacting the sector. Following a report of past activities by the Secretariat, the group continued discussing recommendations that the logistics and maritime players would like to propose to the government as a response to the latest Fiscal and Non-Fiscal Stimulus issued to minimize the negative impact of the Corona Virus to the economy. This meeting also shared latest updates on simplifications of import requirements on few commodities, as well as latest policy on transportation control to further prevent the spreading of the virus.

Energy Working Group had a regular meeting through a video conference on Thursday, 30 April 2020. The discussion was moderated by Thomas Wagner (Head of Energy Working Group) with the agenda that touches sector policies and a sharing session about "Changes to Development of Renewable Projects by Issuance of Minister of Energy Mineral and Resource (MEMR) Regulation No. 4 of 2020 on The Use of Renewable Energy for Electricity Power Supply", which was presented by Kirana Sastrawijaya (Senior Partner of UMBRA – Strategic Legal Solutions). The meeting was well attended by around 50 participants.

Kirana conveyed about the six main changes in the regulation which had been effective on 26 February 2020, as follows: (1) Procurement Method; (2) Timeframe for the Procurement; (3) Additional provisions on electricity purchase price approval; (4) Removal of BOOT (Build, Own, Operate, and Transfer) mandatory provisions; (5) Additional capacity factor on Hydropower with flow or irrigation channels whose construction is multipurpose; and (6) Additional provision on guidance and supervision. This new regulation was the second amendment of MEMR Regulation No 50 of 2017.

The discussion continued with a sector policy update on renewable energy, specifically relate to the Draft of Presidential Regulation to consider the mechanism purchase of renewable energy through Feed in Tariff. The last agenda was talking about the reasons on the oil’s price drop and the affect on the development of renewable energy.