Event Reports

On 15 January 2019, EuroCham Energy Working Group was invited to a meeting by the Directorate General of Electricity of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. The meeting aims to discuss EuroCham recommendations related with Minister Regulation 49 of 2018 on the Utilization of Rooftop Solar Power Generation Systems by the consumers of PT PLN as a State-Owned Electricity Company. The recommendations can be summarized as follows:

• To capture growth potential of industrial solar power generation, it is essential that the capacity charge provisions are waived for all PT PLN customers, including the industrial customers; or
• Provide a different calculation of capacity charges for industrial costumer that is more economically feasible to support the uptake of rooftop solar PV to reach their commitment of 100% renewable generated electricity; and
• Allowing industrial customers to install solar PV systems for self-consumption only without the option of feeding back to the grid and therefore parallel operation charges and/or capacity charges will not apply.

Attended on behalf of the group were Thomas Wagner, Miroslav Dijakovic, Christophe Comte, Bjoern Heindrich, and Andre Sutanto. While from the Indonesian counterpart welcoming the visit were Eri Nurcahyanto, Deputy Director for Electricity Pricing, accompanied by relevant staffs.

On 10 January 2019, EuroCham Automotive Working Group attended a Focus Group Discussion on formulation of Indonesian National Standards (SNI) for Electrified Vehicle (EV) organized by Ministry of Industry at Grand Savero Hotel, Bogor. EuroCham participation was aimed to identify and mapping of standards needed for the development of Electrified Vehicles industry in Indonesia. The group discussion was opened by Director of Maritime, Transportation, and Defense Equipment, Mr. Putu Juli Ardika who also moderated one of the panel sessions.

The first panel discussion invited expert speakers to present standards applied for EV in other countries and addressed some suggestions for EV standards in Indonesia. During this panel, Mr. Nukman Wijaya, Head Division of National Standards Agency (BSN) presented existing standards regime in Indonesia. He mentioned that BSN has formed a technical committee on EV Standard. The second panel looked at perspectives of local associations as well as readiness from the component sides. The motorcycle industry was represented by Indonesian Motorcycles Industry Association (AISI) and carmakers was represented by the Association of Indonesia Automotive Industry (GAIKINDO).