House Commission XII Urges PLN to Move Quickly to Resolve Electricity Supply Issues

Chairman of House Commission XII, Bambang Patijaya, has urged PT PLN (Persero) to immediately take accelerated steps to address various obstacles causing disruptions to coal supplies for a number of power plants. He stated that from the perspective of national supply availability, the government has provided very adequate support through the Domestic Market Obligation (DMO) policy. Bambang explained that the government, through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, has set a DMO coal allocation of 192 million tonnes to meet domestic needs in 2026. This allocation is a coal supply assignment established by the government for mining business permit holders through the Work Plan and Budget, specifically to guarantee the coal needs of the national electricity sector, which is dominated by PLN. “With the DMO allocation of 192 million tonnes prepared by the government, there is actually no issue from the national coal supply availability side. PLN’s coal requirement this year is around 154 million tonnes, while the government has assigned a much larger supply through the DMO scheme. Therefore, if there are still supply constraints to the plants, PLN needs to move quickly to resolve the various obstacles occurring in the field,” said Bambang in his statement on Saturday, 20 June 2026. According to Bambang, from the DMO allocation provided by the government, the realisation of PLN’s coal supply contracts to date has only reached around 134 million tonnes. This means there is still approximately 20 million tonnes of demand that needs to be immediately secured through contracts and supply absorption by the end of 2026. Therefore, PLN must be more proactive in realising the supply allocated by the government to meet the operational needs of its own power plants. He stated that PLN needs to strengthen coordination with coal supplier companies, improve the effectiveness of supply chain management, and ensure the distribution and logistics system runs optimally. These steps are important so that the coal supply allocated by the government can be properly absorbed and distributed to all power plants. Bambang emphasised that the reliability of electricity supply is a strategic necessity that directly impacts community activities, the business world, and the national investment climate. Therefore, any potential disruption to the primary energy supply must be anticipated and resolved quickly.