DEN: Private Sector Involved in Energy Buffer Reserves

The National Economic Council (DEN) has not yet fully completed the draft revision of Presidential Regulation No. 96 of 2024 on Energy Buffer Reserves (CPE). General Secretary of the National Energy Council Dadan Kusdiana stated that discussions on the revision have been ongoing for about four months as of today. “We are in the finalisation stage as a government draft, after which we will seek presidential approval for the initiative,” he said during an event at The Dharmawangsa on Wednesday, 8 April 2026.

Dadan explained that in the first DEN member meeting, it was decided that the CPE regulations need revision for new breakthroughs. One of the updates in the draft revision policy is involving the private sector to invest in building storage tanks for petroleum products (BBM), crude oil, and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). However, management remains the government’s responsibility.

In addition, the government targets national energy reserves ahead to be at least equivalent to the total average import volume for 30 days. “Currently, there are only operational reserves,” Dadan stated.

This revision is necessary so that the construction of storage tanks is not solely from the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN). Therefore, the private sector will be involved, and its implementation will be regulated later.

“Energy buffer reserves are important, especially now in conditions of uncertainty on the global supply side,” he said.

This effort to increase storage capacity responds to the US-Israel conflict with Iran, which has disrupted oil and gas supplies from the Middle East. Meanwhile, Indonesia’s BBM storage capacity managed by PT Pertamina (Persero) is only around 20-23 days. The national standard from the International Energy Agency requires member countries to have reserves of at least three months.