Indonesia: 11,000 Villages Still Without Electricity, Minister Says

Indonesia is still striving to bring electricity to thousands of its remote communities, with around 11,000 villages currently lacking power access, according to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia.

The government is actively working to expand power infrastructure nationwide. As part of these efforts, electrification projects have been completed in approximately 1,400 villages under the 2025 Village Electricity Program. President Prabowo Subianto is scheduled to officially inaugurate this program on August 14, 2026. Minister Lahadalia confirmed that the work is finished and the necessary budget is secured for this inauguration.

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We know that out of the total number of villages without electricity, there are approximately 11,000.

This program is a key component of the government's strategy to accelerate equal access to electricity, particularly in underserved and remote areas. The minister stated that funding for the Village Electricity Program has also been allocated for 2026 and 2027, with the primary focus now on ensuring the smooth implementation of these projects.

President Prabowo has set an ambitious target to ensure all villages and hamlets across Indonesia have electricity access by 2029, the end of his presidential term. To support these goals, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources allocated Rp4.35 trillion in the 2025 budget for village electrification and free connections for low-income households, channeled through the state-owned electricity company PLN.

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The work is finished. So we are no longer discussing the budget because it is ready for inauguration.