DPR Building Implements Lights-Out Policy for Energy Efficiency

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The parliamentary complex in Senayan, Jakarta, consisting of the MPR RI/DPR RI/DPD RI buildings, has implemented power outages to support the government’s energy efficiency initiatives.

DPR RI Secretary General Indra Iskandar stated that the power outages are applied in all work rooms and meeting rooms every day from 6 PM WIB until morning. According to him, staff managing the DPR buildings will monitor electricity usage.

“The building working group will control electricity and AC usage as well,” said Indra when contacted in Jakarta on Friday.

Furthermore, he mentioned that they are also enforcing savings on petroleum fuel (BBM) for vehicles used by officials of the DPR RI General Secretariat, from echelon 3 to echelon 1.

“We are focusing on ASN (civil servants). So, currently, the fuel quota is temporarily reduced by one day per week,” he said.

He added that the savings measure will be effectively implemented on Monday (30/3), when all General Secretariat (Setjen) DPR RI officials are complete. However, the DPR RI General Secretariat’s General Bureau had previously calculated the savings policy.

Previously, the Minister for State Secretary (Mensesneg) Prasetyo Hadi stated that the government is continuously preparing strategies to maintain the country’s fiscal health, including closing potential budget deficits through tightened spending and reviewing programmes deemed low priority.

With this strategy, the government hopes to keep the deficit under control while ensuring that state budgets are used more efficiently and on target.