Jakarta: State electricity provider PT PLN has built around seven thousand public electricity supply station (SPLU) facilities to support the use of electric vehicles.
"There are around seven thousand SPLUs all around Indonesia," PT PLN Western Java region director Haryantao WS said here on Tuesday, September 3, 2019.
"We need to support national energy development," The PT PLN offfical added.
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo recently issued the Presidential Regulation Number 55 of 2019 on the Acceleration of Battery-powered Electric Vehicle program for Transportation.
According to Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi, electric vehicle is a must for Indonesia to address environment issue.
He added that electric vehicle for public transportation will not only contribute to environmental preservation, but will also support programs on national energy security and energy mix, program to reduce fossil fuel use and subsidies, and program to reduce gas emission which have been implemented by the Government.
In addition to that, the EV development program is one whole comprehensive initiative to address environmental issues and to add energy resource that can increase investment and exports, as well as bring positive impact to the country.
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