APLSI installs new leadership for 2025–2029 term
Monday, December 8 2025 - 11:27 AM WIB
By Romel S. Gurky
The Indonesian Private Power Producers Association (APLSI) has appointed its new board and working committees for the 2025–2029 term, reaffirming its commitment to supporting national energy independence and the country’s energy transition agenda.
The inauguration event on December 7 was attended by senior policymakers and industry representatives, including Presidential Special Advisor for Energy Purnomo Yusgiantoro, Deputy Speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Eddy Soeparno, officials from the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, executives from state utility PLN, state-owned energy companies, Danantara, financial institutions, industry associations and international partners. The appointments follow APLSI’s national congress, which elected PT Medco Power Indonesia CEO Eka Satria as chairman.
Under the new leadership structure, Eka Satria will lead APLSI as chairman, accompanied by Yasin Rizal of PT Sumber Sugara Primadaya as treasurer and Rian Ernest of PTAdimitra Energi Hydro as general secretary. The association’s three vice chairmen are Ronald Sinaga of PT Bakrie Power, Budy Budy Kurniawan of PT DSSE Energi Mas Utama and Petrus Sihano of Cirebon Power.
APLSI represents more than 30 independent power producers (IPPs) and non-IPP members with a combined generation capacity of nearly 20 gigawatts, equivalent to about half of Indonesia’s non-PLN IPP contribution. Its members operate across the country’s entire energy mix, including gas, coal, geothermal, hydro, biomass, solar and emerging technologies such as battery storage and interconnection. The association is also an extraordinary member of KADIN Indonesia.
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Eka Satria said Indonesia is entering a critical phase of energy transformation, with rising electricity demand and more than 3,600 GW of renewable energy potential. He said the country’s resource base could not only meet domestic needs but also create green energy export opportunities, supporting investment, industrial development and job creation.
He added that APLSI will work closely with the government and PLN to ensure investment certainty, strengthen system reliability, maintain tariff affordability and support a balanced, measured energy transition. This includes advancing technologies such as battery energy storage systems (BESS), waste-to-energy, small modular reactors (SMRs) and smart grid development.
During the event, APLSI and PwC launched the kick-off for a white paper titled “Indonesia Power Sector to Support Indonesia Emas 2045.”
With its new structure—comprising 10 energy mix committees and seven functional committees—APLSI aims to strengthen policy advocacy, improve investment conditions, support power infrastructure development, advance ESG and carbon market initiatives, and enhance member capacity and domestic content (TKDN) participation.
APLSI said it is optimistic that the private sector will play an increasingly important role in developing a reliable, affordable and sustainable energy system and in supporting Indonesia’s long-term vision of achieving “Indonesia Emas 2045.”
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak