"President Prabowo Subianto has ordered Coordinating Minister for Food Zulkifli Hasan to handle waste management starting by changing the strategic plan," Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq stated in a press conference on Friday.
He noted that this step will be followed by several waste management strategies, including the conversion of waste to energy.
Nurofiq noted that the government is currently unifying three Presidential Regulations regarding waste management to utilize waste into electrical energy through the Waste Power Plant (PLTSa).
The regulations to be unified include Presidential Regulation Number 97 of 2017 concerning national policies and strategies for managing household waste and household-like waste; Presidential Regulation Number 35 of 2018 concerning the acceleration of the development of waste processing installations into electrical energy based on environmentally friendly technology; and Presidential Regulation Number 83 of 2018 concerning the handling of waste in the sea.
"Furthermore, related authorities will integrate our concept in waste management in approximately one month. We will then propose the initiator's permit after approval from the coordinating minister," the minister remarked.
The scheme proposed will include electricity costs from PLTSa of 19.20 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), exceeding the electricity tariff set by PLN of 13.5 cents per kWh.
Nurofiq said that the difference in costs is planned to be covered by subsidies from the Ministry of Finance.
On the same occasion, Director General of New, Renewable Energy, and Energy Conservation of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Eniya Listiani Dewi, stated that the price and details of this electrification are still under discussion.
However, if over one thousand tons of waste are utilized daily, it can offer benefits to PLTSa developers.
"We will discuss the price in the near future," she revealed.
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