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ay 31, Online

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sudirman Said has said the government is optimistic that within the next five years Indonesia will reach 100 percent electrification.

'€œI'€™m optimistic that when Indonesia reaches its 75th year, all of its areas will be fully electrified because currently 84 percent of the country has access to electricity,'€ he said as quoted by Antara news agency during a media gathering event at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry in Jakarta on Sunday.

Your comments:

Virtually all of the provinces suffer continued rolling blackouts. Power distribution is not even keeping up with the growing population let alone additional power to make up for decaying and/or nonexistent infrastructure.

Rusty Nails

It is very optimistic especially since state electricity firm PLN is a monopoly and government owned. Rolling blackouts that happen weekly in Bandar Lampung have become a tradition and in some cases a means of punishment for '€œselected/targeted'€ areas. Fix what you have, before throwing the money away for substandard PLN to manage!

Willo

Indonesia needs US$304 billion in investment for electricity, but so far according to the Industry Ministry a few days ago, there has been no investment in ports this year and no funding expected for construction in 2015. Less than 2 percent of the infrastructure budget has been awarded this year (due to a lack of funds and investors staying away), so the likelihood of the electrical grid and power stations being built by 2020 is going to be a pipe dream that will never happen.

I truly wonder if people in President Joko '€œJokowi'€ Widodo'€™s Cabinet are competent or not, especially after announcing the 30 percent tax revenue collection goal for 2015, when 2014 the tax collection was just under 7 percent. It is another totally unrealistic target.

S Dollar

Does that also mean that those random blackouts plaguing even large cities will be a thing of the past?

Charles Marks