Citywide blackout on August 4 has prompted the Jakarta administration to boost the installation of solar panels, with residents having the option of selling excess electricity produced to state-run electricity company PLN.
"We are formulating standard operating procedures for an electrical emergency. […] We have discussed several strategic measures, including promoting the use of solar panels," Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said at City Hall on August 7.
"We want to have more electricity generators, power plants readily available everywhere throughout the city. Sunshine is one of the most available [energy] sources in a city like Jakarta, either for residential or office buildings," he added.
Ikhsan seconded the proposal, saying that solar panels were expected to be installed on houses in the capital.
"We want to encourage the use of rooftop solar [panels] on houses in Jakarta," said Asaad, GM of Greater Jakarta distribution.
He further expressed the hope that private citizens who benefit from their solar panels could sell electricity produced to the company.
"We hope that houses or buildings that are using rooftop solar panels can also sell the electricity produced to PLN. So, they are not using it [only] by themselves," he said, citing as an example the low usage of electricity produced by solar panels on office buildings during holidays.
A gubernatorial instruction dated August 1 outlines the city administration's intention "to pioneer the shift to renewable energy and decrease dependence on fossil fuels by installing rooftop solar panels on schools, city administration offices and city-owned health facilities."
(Writing by Emma Yang Editing by Harry Huo)
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