Government Reviews Revision of Electricity Supply Business Plan for 2025-2034

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) is currently reviewing a revision to the Electricity Supply Business Plan (RUPTL) for the 2025-2034 period. This plan is intended to ensure that national electricity supply planning is more flexible and aligned with the country’s energy requirements. Acting Director General of Electricity at the Ministry of ESDM, Tri Winarno, explained that the government is discussing corrections to the planning document. He stated that the objective is to make the electricity sector more responsive to changes. “There are indeed some corrections for the RUPTL, something like that. We are conducting discussions,” he said when met at the DPR RI Building in Jakarta on Wednesday (15/4/2026). The evaluation plan also considers flexibility in the planning timeframe to avoid being constrained by the current pattern. The government is committed to producing regulations that can adapt to technological developments and future energy infrastructure needs. “As I mentioned earlier, every regulation we create is to make it more adaptive, something like that,” he added. Previously, Minister of ESDM Bahlil Lahadalia stated that the government plans to replace Diesel Power Plants (PLTD) with Solar Power Plants (PLTS) and Geothermal Power Plants (PLTP). According to Bahlil, this transition to clean energy could be implemented shortly after Eid al-Fitr. This was expressed by Bahlil after a Limited Meeting (Ratas) with President Prabowo Subianto regarding the EBTKE Task Force at the State Palace on Thursday (12/3/2026). “Build it first (PLTS), if stopped without building the replacement, there won’t be any. So, build in parallel, once ready for Commercial Operation Date (COD), shut down the PLTD,” said Bahlil. In line with this, Bahlil will also revise the Electricity Supply Business Plan (RUPTL) of PT PLN (Persero) for 2025-2034. However, the General Chairman of the Golkar Party has not yet disclosed the locations of the PLTDs to be decommissioned. Nevertheless, he stated that this effort is to maintain long-term electricity availability amid escalating geopolitical conflicts. RUPTL 2025-2034 For context, the electricity roadmap is compiled based on the National Electricity General Plan (RUKN) and the National Energy Policy (KEN). From these two frameworks, the RUPTL emerges as the ‘soul’ of planning that translates policies into operational steps. “So, our RUPTL is in accordance with RUKN and KEN; RUKN is like the law, KEN is the government regulation, and the RUPTL is the spirit. This is the reference tree from which the RUPTL is born so that we don’t stray from the framework,” explained Bahlil during a press conference on the launch of PLN’s RUPTL 2025-2034 at the Ministry of ESDM Building in Jakarta on Monday (26/5/2025). The Prabowo-Gibran administration positions energy sovereignty and energy transition as one of the national priority programmes. The RUPTL itself serves as the primary guiding instrument in the implementation of national electricity supply and availability. “We all know that the Prabowo-Gibran Government has energy sovereignty and energy transition as one of its programmes. The RUPTL is the guiding instrument in the implementation of our electricity availability,” he said. Data on Power Plant Capacity in RUPTL The government targets an additional new power plant capacity in the RUPTL 2025-2034 of 69.5 Gigawatts (GW). Of this additional capacity target, approximately 42.6 GW will come from power plants based on New Renewable Energy (EBT), 10.3 GW from energy storage systems, and 16.6 GW from fossil fuel-based power plants. The breakdown for EBT power plant capacity is as follows: Solar Power Plants (PLTS) 17.1 GW, Hydroelectric Power Plants (PLTA) 11.7 GW, Wind Power Plants (PLTB) 7.2 GW, Geothermal Power Plants (PLTP) 5.2 GW, Bioenergy Power Plants 0.9 GW, Nuclear Power Plants (PLTN) 0.5 GW. Meanwhile, energy storage system capacity includes pumped storage PLTA at 4.3 GW and batteries at 6.0 GW. For fossil fuel power plants, 16.6 GW will still be built, consisting of gas 10.3 GW and coal 6.3 GW.