Roof Top Solar Power and Legal Certainty of the Renewable Energy
for the Society
Tuti Widyaningrum
Faculty of Law, Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Jakarta, Indonesia
Keywords: Energy, Electricity, Law, Sunroof PF.
Abstract: Indonesia is a country that is given the gift of solar energy that shines throughout the year which
provides many benefits for the community. With the abundance of solar energy, it is an asset for the
community to develop cheap and environmentally friendly types of energy. Rooftop PLTS is here to
provide a solution as an alternative to the use of conventional electrical energy. However, the use of
Rooftop PLTS cannot be implemented properly because the legal regulations are not clear. There is a
conflict of norms that occurs between the interests of promoting new and renewable energy with the
interests of PLN, which is oriented towards fulfilling the profits of SOEs. Reject This interest will
result in losses for the community and will not break energy dependence on electricity supply from
fossil fuels. Therefore, legal certainty is needed for the community regarding the need for achieving
clean, environmentally friendly, and sustainable energy as the G-20 vision.
1
INTRODUCTION
Indonesia is a very potential electric power market
considering the vast area and large population with
high activity and mobility. With the high activity in
a developing country, Indonesia requires a very large
amount of energy, especially electrical energy that is
able to support human daily activities. However, the
national electricity needs are often not sufficient and
tend to become a cost center for the community and
the business world.
So far in Indonesia, the scope of electrical energy
supplied from PLN is the conventional energy
output produced from fossil fuel power plants,
namely coal. In the concept of new and renewable
energy, the emission from fossil combustion is very
unprofitable. Therefore, the Government of
Indonesia began to launch the One Million Solar
Roof Program to become an alternative source of
clean and environmentally friendly energy.
The government gives freedom to the community
to install PLTS Roof while still regulating its use. It
aims to increase the role of new and renewable
energy (EBT) in the national energy mix. In addition
to accelerating the increase in the use of solar
energy, encouraging the development of the solar
panel business and industry, and reducing
greenhouse gas emissions (Setiawan,2020).
Rooftop PLTS can be a strategic solution for the
government to provide quality, sustainable energy
access and not burden the state budget. The
cumulative installation of 1 GWp of rooftop PLTS
can absorb 20,000-30,000 workers per year and is
able to create demand for the development of the
domestic solar industry. Also, reduce greenhouse
gas emissions by 1.05 million tons per year. The
government, he said, could replace electricity
subsidies for households or other subsidy recipient
groups with rooftop solar panels so that they can use
enough electricity for productive activities and even
don't have to pay for electricity. PLN will benefit
from the excess electricity that can be exported, in
the long term the electricity subsidy will disappear
completely (Syahni, 2021)
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources
Regulation No. 26/2021 concerning Rooftop Solar
Power Plants Connected to the Electric Power
Network, the holder of a Business Permit for the
Provision of Electricity for Public Interest, has
actually been effective since August 20, 2021.
However, it turns out that the One Million Roof
Solar program has not been able to run optimally
because the regulation and implementation is still
difficult. Public. The process of replacing the kWh
meter is the most common problem experienced by
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users of PV mini-grid roofs in the residential sector.
A brief survey by the Institute for Essential Services
Reform (IESR) on PV mini-grid engineering,
procurement and construction (EPC) companies
showed that more than 60% had to wait at least one
month and many more than three months. If many
residents use PLTS, there is concern that PT PLN
will reduce its income. The IESR simulation shows
that if there is a total installation of 1 GWp PLTS
roof, PLN's income will only decrease by 0.25%
with a net metering rate of one to one and 0.58% at a
rate of one to 0.65%. Commercial and industrial
customers are also experiencing difficulties
regarding the demand to upgrade to the premium
customer level without clear basis and the
application of SLO for installations below 500 kWp.
In some locations, PLN has even asked to upgrade to
more expensive electricity to get the net metering.
So you have to pay more. In addition to the load,
only 65% of electricity will be purchased, the
request for an upgrade from PLN practically
invalidates the PLTS economy. (Setiawan, 2020).
Interestingly, the motive for saving PLN
electricity financing for people who want to install
Rooftop PLTS is sometimes hampered by electricity
regulations from PLN. As experienced by Aji, a
Balinese resident who installed PLTS Roof, when he
was going to take care of Kwh export-import to
PLN, it was even more difficult. The electrical
power of Aji's house, which was originally 1600
watts, was requested to be upgraded to 7700 watts to
be able to install PLTS Roof. In addition to having
to upgrade electrical power, PLN also has to be
surveyed as a condition for obtaining an SLO
(Operational Worthy Standard) permit. Then some
time later, when trying to take care of it from PLN,
he said that it was permissible to upgrade to 2200
watts so that he finally installed PLTS Roof. But
later on, it turned out that Aji actually got a warning
and was asked to pay a fine because the installation
of the Rooftop PLTS had affected the Kwh
calculation because the excess power produced by
the Rooftop PLTS made the electricity meter
backward so he was fined approximately 18 million
for 9 months of use (Ajikonline, 2022).
This condition has raised doubts and distrust of the
public when they are about to switch to PLTS
Roofing, faced with the high costs of preparing for
installation and upgrading power that exceeds the
ability of the community. Whereas Article 19 of the
ESDM Ministerial Regulation states that the
Rooftop PLTS System built and installed by Rooftop
PLTS Customers is not subject to a capacity charge
and the cost of purchasing emergency electricity
(emergency energy charge) which is part of the
parallel operating costs. Seeing this condition, there
is legal uncertainty in the regulation of PLTS Roof
which is detrimental to the community, furthermore,
the government's target to create clean and
environmentally friendly energy is hampered.
Furthermore, the regulations governing the use of
PLTS Roofs for the community have not yet been
implemented due to political factors and the refusal
of interest between PLN and the Ministry of Energy
and Mineral Resources. Based on the background of
the problem above, the writer is interested in
researching the legal certainty of PV mini-grid
arrangements for the community to support the
achievement of new and renewable energy
fulfillment.
2
LITERATURE REVIEW
Since the beginning of the twentieth century, a new
conception of the rule of law has emerged, namely
the welvaart staat or the welfare state. Where
according to the concept of the Welvaart staat or
welfare state, the State actually needs and even has
to intervene in various social and economic
problems to ensure the creation of shared welfare in
society (Asshidiqie, 2004: 222-223).
In the concept of the welfare state, the state is
required to expand its responsibilities to socio-
economic problems faced by many people, the
personal role to control the lives of many people is
eliminated. It was this development that provided
legislation for the interventionist state in the
twentieth century. The state actually needs and even
has to intervene in various socio-economic problems
to ensure the creation of shared prosperity in society
(Muntoha, 2013: 7).
The right to control from the state is the
delegation of public authority, consequently the
authority is only public. (Santoso, 2008: 78).
According to Muhammad Bakri who explained the
notion of "controlled by the state", which must be
interpreted to include the meaning of state control in
a broad sense which is sourced and derived from the
conception of the sovereignty of the Indonesian
people over all sources of earth, water and natural
resources contained therein, including the notion of
public ownership. by the people's collectivity for the
sources of wealth in question. The collective people
are constructed by the 1945 Constitution of the
Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia giving a
mandate to the state to carry out its functions in
implementing policies (Beleid) and management
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actions (Besturrsdaad), regulation (Regelenddaad),
management (Begeersdaad) and supervision
(Toezichthoudensdaad) by Country (Achmad Sodiki,
2012).
State intervention in economic business as a
consequence of one of the functions of the state as a
guarantor (provider) and in charge of people's
welfare. The direct involvement of the state in
economic business as an entrepreneur is intended to
be able to carry out efficiency and effectiveness in
the exploitation of natural resources that are
intended for the greatest prosperity of the people
(Abrar Saleng, 2004: 34).
The right of state control as stated in Article 33
of the 1945 Constitution positions the state as a
regulator and guarantor of the people's welfare. The
functions of the state cannot be separated from one
another, meaning that releasing a business field over
natural resources to cooperatives, the private sector
must be accompanied by special forms of regulation
and supervision, therefore the obligation to realize
the greatest prosperity of the people can still be
controlled by the state (Tri Haryati, 2005: 17)
Talking about legal norms, Hans Kelsen's
opinion cannot be abandoned regarding the order of
legal norms (Stufentheorie). Hans Kelsen argues that
legal norms are not a system of norms that are
coordinated with one another standing parallel or
equal but are stratified in a legal system that has a
relationship of superordination and subordination.
The formation of one (lower) norm is determined by
another higher norm, henceforth the formation of
this legal norm ends at the highest basic norm so that
it becomes the highest basic norm of the entire legal
system that forms the unity of this legal system.
(Hans Kelsen, 2007:55)
According to Hans Kelsen, the hierarchy of legal
norms consists of (i) fundamental norms, (ii) general
norms, and (iii) concrete norms. "Fundamental
norms" are contained in the constitution, "general
norms" are contained in laws, "statutes" or
"legislative acts", while "concrete norms" are
contained in court decisions (vonnis) and decisions
of state administration officials. (Asshiddiqie, 2006:
38). Hans Nawiasky then perfected his teacher's
theory (stufen theory) that legal norms in addition to
being tiered and layered are also grouped, namely:
a. Staats Fundamental Norm or Norma
Fundamental Negara Staats Fundamental Norm.
(norma fundamental negara) according to Hans
Kelsen is the same as the Grundnorm (basic
norm) as previously described in the stuffen
theory. However, the form of staats fundamental
norm has not yet been shown as a real legal
norm.
b. Staats Ground Gesetz orAturan Dasar Negara.
Staats Ground Gesetz (Basic Rules of the State)
where the legal norms have begun to be seen
when compared to the staat fundamental norm
which contains a series of sentences and contains
elements of legal norms. In Indonesia are the
articles of the 1945 Constitution.
c. Formell Gesetz or Aturan Formal.
Formell Gesetz is also known as Formal Act.
However, Indonesia does not recognize formal
laws or material laws. Get to know material law
and formal law. Material law is a law that
contains the contents of the law. The contents of
the law are in the form of orders or prohibitions.
Its properties are:
1. Forcing / imperative is a rule that cannot be
ruled out. In general, most of it is in public
law and conversely a small part is in private
law.
2. Regulating / facultative are rules that can be
ruled out. In general, most of it is in private
law and conversely a small part is in public
law.
d. Verordnome And Autonome Satzung.Verodnome
satzung
Verodnome satzung is the implementing
regulation of the regulations above it (for
example in Indonesia it is a law, the regulation
above it is a Government Regulation).
Verodnome satzung was born because it was
ordered by the regulations above it, either
directly ordered or authority born from
implementing regulations because it has been
determined by the constitution (staat ground
gezets). Verodnome satzung is the authority of
Distribution/Delegation.
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METHODS
The research method use in this paper is normative
juridical, namely legal research which is carried out
by examining library materials (Soekanto, S., &
Mamudji, S. (1985). The approach used in this study
is the statute approach. The statute approach is
carried out by examining all laws and regulations
that are related to the legal issue that is being in
discussion. (Marzuki, P. M. 2006).
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4
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Since the beginning of the development of legal
theory and philosophy, especially since the teachings
of legal ideals (idee des recht) developed by Gustav
Radbruch as quoted by Sudikno Mertokusumo, it is
stated that there are 3 (three) elements of legal ideals
that must exist proportionally, namely legal certainty
(rechssicherkeit), justice (gerechtikeit), and
expediency (zweckmasigkeit). (Sudikno
Mertokusumo, 1999:88). The three elements of the
above legal objectives should receive proportional
and balanced attention. However, in practice it is not
always easy to get all three to appear in a balanced
way. (Sudikno Mertokusumo dan A. Pitlo, 1993: 2).
Rooftop PLTS is the process of generating
electricity using photovoltaic modules, which are
placed on roofs, walls, or other parts of buildings
owned by PLN customers. The benefits of installing
rooftop PLTS include saving on electricity bills for
PLN customers, new renewable energy applications
replacing fossil energy, helping to reduce the impact
of climate change because it is more
environmentally friendly. (Kementerian Energi dan
Sumber Daya Mineral, 2020).
In accordance with article 5 paragraph 1
(Regulation of the Minister of Energy and Mineral
Resources of the Republic of Indonesia No. 49 of
2018 concerning the Use of Rooftop Solar Power
Generation Systems by Consumers of PT. PLN
(Persero), 2018), it is stated that "The capacity of the
rooftop PLTS system is limited to at least high 100%
(one hundred percent) of the connected power of PT.
PLN (Persero)”. The main benefit of installing
rooftop PLTS by PLN customers is electricity
savings, because electricity using a rooftop PLTS
system will reduce the number of kWh of electricity
that PLN subscribes to each month. Meanwhile, the
export scheme of excess kWh of electricity from PV
mini-grid customers to the PLN network is not
intended for commercial buying and selling of
electricity, but as a backup for electricity savings
that can only be accumulated for 3 months. The
electricity reserve in the calculation of PLN's
electricity bill is only 65% of the PLN's basic
electricity tariff (TDL). (Handoko Bayu & Jaka
Windarta, 2021: 131)
Regarding PLTS Roof, the Minister of Energy
and Mineral Resources Regulation No.26/2021
concerning Rooftop Solar Power Plants that are
connected to the Electric Power Network is
regulated by the holder of a Business Permit for the
Provision of Electricity for Public Interest,
hereinafter referred to as MEMR Regulation
No.26/2021. ESDM Ministerial Regulation No. 49
of 2018 which revised the scope of the rules
regarding PLTS Roofs. The main substance of the
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources
Regulation Number 26 of 2021 is:
1. The terms of export of electricity kWh are
increased from 65% to 100%.
2. Excess accumulated difference in claims is
eliminated, extended from 3 months to 6 months;
3. The application period for Rooftop PLTS is
shorter (5 days without an adjustment to the
Electricity Purchase Agreement (PJBL) and 12
days with an adjustment to the PJBL);
4. Application-based service mechanism for the
convenience of submitting applications,
reporting, and supervising the PLTS Rooftop
program;
5. The opening of carbon trading opportunities
from Rooftop PV mini-grid;
6. Availability of the PLTS Rooftop Complaint
Center to receive complaints from PLTS Rooftop
customers or IUPTLU holders; and
7. Expansion of regulation not only for PLN
customers but also for customers in non-PLN
Business Areas (IUPTLU holders)
This change is certainly an improvement in the
direction of the national energy policy that should be
appreciated. However, so far, this regulation has not
been implemented properly. One of the reasons is
because the Government is still considering the
impact on the PLN electricity system.
In fact, with the intensification of the Rooftop
PLTS program, quite a lot of people are interested in
installing it. The community in this case is industry
players and non-industrial communities (household
electricity consumers). Considering that it can save
on electricity usage and financing, Rooftop PLTS
can be a cheap, clean, and sustainable energy
alternative. However, when in the field there is a
confusion of information and unclear authority
between PLN and the government, it is ultimately
the people who are harmed.
This needs to be looked at in depth regarding
Indonesia's involvement in the Paris Agreement. G-
20 countries including Indonesia in the energy sector
agreed and took action steps for energy efficiency.
Therefore, in order to support energy efficiency, the
Rooftop PLTS program is a means of creating a fair,
affordable and safe transitional energy. The Paris
Agreement as the latest international legal
instrument in the environmental field adopted by
Indonesia determines quantitative guidelines for
each member country in terms of reducing the
amount of emissions, by converting from fossil-
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based energy and other steps, in order to achieve the
target of the Electricity Law establishing the priority
of using new and renewable energy. Electricity Law,
Law no. 32 of 2009, it is stated in Article 6
paragraph (2) that the utilization of primary energy
sources as referred to in paragraph (1) must be
carried out by prioritizing new energy sources and
renewable energy.
However, the mandate of this law has not been
implemented optimally, considering: (1) the fact that
the General National Energy Plan (RUEN) and its
derivative documents still budget for the use of
renewable energy in the mix portion of less than
25% in 2025, and (2) the reality of the realization of
renewable power plant development projects which
are still below 10% of the total number of power
plants for public use. From this it can be seen that
the Government has not prioritized the use of
renewable energy. (Modjo, 21)
Thus in the implementation of government
policies need to be based on the legal basis of proper
regulation in order to be able to meet the desired
goals. In the electricity sector, the existence of PLTS
Roof is a polemic in itself because the Government
(Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources) has
issued regulations that are not in line with the object
of the field that has been previously regulated in the
Electricity Law.
In terms of energy efficiency, the Electricity Law
stipulates the priority of using new and renewable
energy. UU no. 32 of 2009, it is stated in Article 6
paragraph (2) that the utilization of primary energy
sources as referred to in paragraph (1) must be
carried out by prioritizing new energy sources and
renewable energy. However, the mandate of this law
has not been implemented optimally, considering:
(1) the fact that the General National Energy Plan
(RUEN) and its derivative documents still budget for
the use of renewable energy in the mix portion of
less than 25% in 2025, and (2) the reality of the
realization of renewable power plant development
projects which are still below 10% of the total
number of power plants for public use.
From this it can be seen that the Government has
not prioritized the use of renewable energy. The
planned capacity of PLTS with batteries in the
General National Electricity Plan (RUKN) is only
targeted at 200 MW (out of a total need of 127 GW)
in 2025. (Rencana Umum Ketenagalistrikan
Nasional Tahun 2019 Sampai Dengan 2038,
Keputusan No. 143 K/20/MEM/2019, hlm. 119).
Thus, it can be understood that PLN's target to
increase the energy mix from PLTS in the Electricity
Supply Business Plan (RUPTL) by 3,200 MW in
2025-2028 mainly relies on consumers installing
solar panels and not from the national plan for
commercial PV mini-grid development. (Menteri
Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral,
Pengesahan
Rencana Usaha Penyediaan Tenaga Listrik PT
Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero) Tahun 2019
Sampai Dengan 2028, Keputusan No. 39
K/20/MEM/2019, hlm. V-64).
The PLTS planned in PLN's RUPTL actually
does not include self-help facilities built by the
community or business actors to fulfill their own
interests. This is very unfortunate, considering the
data from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral
Resources indicates the potential use of new and
renewable energy is 442 Gigawatt Peak (GWp), with
the hope that PLTS can contribute 207.8 GWp while
the realization of new utilization is 0.092 GWp.
(IDZ/BIR, “Energi Terbarukan Bisa Bikin
Pemerintah Hemat Puluhan Triliun,” (CNN
Indonesia, 2019).
Dependence on fossil energy sources as fuel for
power generation still dominates most systems to
meet the needs of electrical energy in Indonesia.
Efforts to reduce fossil fuels for power generation
and switch to new and renewable energy are pursued
by the government with the issuance of regulations
concerning the National Energy Policy. Currently,
the use of renewable energy in the electricity sector
is still dominated by the use of hydropower,
followed by the use of geothermal, biomass,
biodiesel, and solar power. (Handoko Bayu, 2021).
As with other power plants, the RUPTL only
regulates PLTS built for the public interest. The
PLTS in question is a large-scale project that was
built as an industry for selling electricity to PLN's
transmission lines for distribution to general
customers. Rooftop PLTS is not included in the
capacity planned in the RUPTL because it is self-
sufficient and follows the needs and abilities of the
owner. (Modjo, 23)
When the arrangement regarding the permit for
the installation of the Rooftop LPTS is regulated in
the ESDM Ministerial Regulation, both in the
Ministerial Regulation No. 49 of 2018 and the
ESDM Ministerial Regulation No. 26 of 2021
creates legal ambiguity and confusion, so it is
necessary to revisit the rules regarding electricity as
the main object that is regulated. Legal problems
also arose related to the assignment of PLN from the
ESDM to grant a PLTS Roof permit. The authority
of the Central Government (ESDM) according to the
Electricity Law that can be delegated to PLN is
limited to certain electricity facilities. When it is
related to regional autonomy, the regional
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government has the authority to make arrangements
related to Rooftop PLTS because it is micro and
does not support national electricity supply.
Based on Article 5 of Law no. 12 of 2011 which
in its explanation requires statutory regulations to be
established by taking into account the principles of
appropriate institutions or forming officials and the
principle of conformity between types, hierarchies,
and content materials. Based on this, the head of the
regional government itself is authorized to assign
business entities or other agencies to carry out their
functions. This principle is also explicitly stated in
the Electricity Law, which separates the authority for
providing electricity to each Central, Provincial, and
Regency/City Government units equally in
accordance with the extent of exploitation and
connection of the power plant to the network.
Bagir Manan explained that every statutory
regulation has natural defects and artificial defects,
where this is a consequence of the written law which
results in the regulation having a limited reach, only
hospitalization moments from the political,
economic, social, cultural and defense elements that
were most influential at the time of formation,
because it was easy to be "out of date" when
compared to the changes in society that were getting
faster and faster. (Ridwan,2014:5).
In the General explanation of Paragraph 2 of the
Electricity Law Given the importance of electric
power for the state in realizing public welfare in all
fields and in line with the provisions in Article 33
paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution of the
Republic of Indonesia, this Law states that efforts to
provide electric power is controlled by the state and
used for the greatest prosperity of the people whose
implementation is carried out by the Government
and regional governments.
The authority for administering the provision of
electricity by the Government broadly includes the
authority to establish policies, regulate, supervise,
and carry out the business of providing electricity.
Article 5 of the Electricity Law states that the
authority to determine policies, regulate and
supervise electricity supply remains with the
Government and local governments which in
practice include:
a. stipulation of electricity supply business
license (for generator owners for public
purposes);
b. determination of operating license (for
generator owners for their own interests); and
c. stipulation of approval for the sale of excess
electricity from the holder of the operating
license
In accordance with Article 10 paragraph (1) of
the Electricity Law, the scope of business of PLN
as a BUMN appointed by the Government as the
provider of electricity supply for the public
interest includes only:
a. power generation;
b. electric power transmission;
c. distribution of electric power; and/or
d. electricity sales.
That the assignment of PLN does not include
the granting of a permit as regulated by the
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources
regarding the Use of the Rooftop PLTS System by
PT PLN Consumers. includes “the
implementation of business activities” and the
nature of the activities is very specific for
business as described in Article 10. Other powers
of the Government in the form of “policy setting”,
“regulation”, and “supervision” are not also
delegated in the Electricity Law.
Consequently, the Government is not authorized
to assign PLN to carry out these functions even
though the assignment is carried out through the
ESDM Ministerial Regulation. In theory, the laws
and regulations, the ESDM Ministerial Regulation
violates the legal basis for its issuance because the
assignment is not permitted by the Constitution and
the Electricity Law which expressly limits the scope
of functions of business entities as implementers of
electricity supply.
(Zaka Firma Aditya dan M. Reza
Winata,
2018).
Judging from the nature of the permits required
by the ESDM Ministerial Regulation as mentioned
above, ESDM also appears to have created a new
category of licensing that is not based on the
Electricity Law. Ministerial regulations are not
allowed to conflict with the basic regulations. In the
Electricity Law and Government Regulation No. 14
of 2012 concerning Electricity Supply Business
Activities, there are only two types of permits for the
construction of power generation facilities, namely
the Electricity Supply Business Permit (IUPTL)
which is intended for power plants for commercial
purposes. general, and Operating Permit (IO) for
power plants for their own use with a certain
capacity. The two permits are required before the
construction of the power plant can be carried out,
so that they are similar in nature to the PLTS Roof
permit which is required by Article 10 paragraph (1)
of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources
regarding the Use of the Rooftop PLTS System by
PT PLN Consumers.
Theo Huijbers expressed Radbruch's opinion that
the legal system loses its meaning as law at all if the
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legal system no longer recognizes equal rights
before the courts. This can no longer be called fair
because here the legal system loses what is the
essence of law, namely being the embodiment of
justice. (Theo Huijbers, 1982: 162). If you pay
attention to the opinion of Gustav Radbruch, it can
be concluded that when there is a conflict between
the principle of legal certainty and the principle of
justice, the principle of justice must be prioritized.
Therefore, in terms of setting up PLTS Roof, it is
necessary to review the business license for
providing electricity as regulated in the Electricity
Law.
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CONCLUSION
The regulation on PLTS Roof which is carried out in
the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources
Regulation No. 26 of 2021 has not provided legal
certainty for the community. This ESDM Ministerial
Regulation needs to be re-examined regarding the
content of the regulation that is not properly
regulated in the Ministerial Regulation. This creates
a conflict of regulations and violates the provisions
of making applicable laws because in fact the
regulation is more appropriate to be carried out in
the Electricity Law. In connection with the interests
of accelerating the new and renewable energy mix
from Rooftop PLTS, it is necessary to revise the
Electricity Law which is able to accommodate the
regulation on licensing of Rooftop PLTS both for
industry and for household electricity. In addition, in
order to be able to fulfill the mandate of the Paris
Agreement and the commitments of the G-20, the
scope of management and implementation of
Rooftop Solar Power Plants needs to be supported
by the role of local governments to encourage
community participation in creating a wider new
energy mix.
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