TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Energy commission sets target to deliver renewables law, reform oil and gas, mining regulations this year
Discussions on amending the mining and oil and gas laws have dragged on for 11 years.
Change Size
The head of of the House of Representatives Comission VII overseeing energy , Sugeng Suparwoto, discusses the domestic mining industry in Jakarta on Dec. 12, 2019.
(JP/Norman Harsono)
W
ith newly appointed legislators in the House of Representatives, Commission VII overseeing energy has set an ambitious goal of finishing three important energy-related draft laws this year.
Commission head Sugeng Suparwoto said on Dec. 11 that legislators aimed to complete drafting amendments of the 2001 Oil and Gas Law and the 2009 Coal and Mineral Mining Law as well as complete a much-anticipated renewable energy law. From what has been revealed, it appears the revisions of the former two laws are likely to lean toward further resource nationalization while the latter law is likely to focus on incentivizing investment.
“Insya Allah [God willing], we will finish the three draft laws [in 2020], even though we typically only finish two laws a year,” said the NasDem party politician.
Discussions on amending the mining and oil and gas laws have dragged on for 11 years.
“It means the 2014-2019 House repeated the inaction of the 2009-2014 House by not producing a single piece of energy or mining legislation,” said Center for Energy and Mining Law (Pushep) executive director Bisman Bakhtiar on Dec 3.
The new commission members, however, differ from past members in that they have shown greater punctuality since coming to power in September. Members have only arrived up to 15 minutes late for sessions, a vast improvement from previous commission members, who often arrived an hour behind schedule.
Commission VII is slated to add the three draft laws to the 2020 National Legislation Program (Prolegnas) and establish working committees to direct further deliberation of the laws. The deliberations include arranging public consultations, as required by Law No. 12/2011 regarding the drafting of laws and regulations.
