Energy Efficiency: Electricity in DPR RI Building to be Turned Off Every Evening Until Morning

The parliamentary complex in Senayan, Jakarta, comprising the MPR RI/DPR RI/DPD RI buildings, is enforcing electricity shutdowns to support the government’s energy efficiency initiatives.

DPR RI Secretary General Indra Iskandar stated that the power cuts are being applied to all work rooms and meeting rooms every day from 6:00 PM WIB until morning. According to him, staff managing the buildings in the DPR will monitor electricity usage.

“The building task force will control electricity and air conditioning usage as well,” Indra said when contacted in Jakarta on Friday (27/3).

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

“We are focusing on civil servants (ASN). So, currently, fuel quotas are being reduced by one day each week,” he said.

He stated that these savings measures will be effectively implemented on Monday (30/3), when all General Secretariat (Setjen) DPR RI officials are complete. However, the DPR RI Setjen General Bureau has previously calculated this savings policy.

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

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