The Ministry of Energy and Mines of Indonesia has already released a new regulation to encourage the execution of the plan, as the Ministry intends to steadily raise the total installed capacity of solar panels for the next several years. The new regulation focuses on the industrial and commercial use of rooftop solar energy, licensing procedures, and operational certification.
The new regulation removes the limit on the amount of electricity generated by rooftop solar panels and stipulates that the amount of electricity produced by rooftop solar panel shall depend on the quota applied for by the holder of the regional power supply business license ("IUPTLU").
The new rules restrict application submission to January or July of each year and mandate that applicants secure clearance from the IUPLTU holder in their area before installing rooftop solar panels. After each application period concludes, the application must be submitted within 30 days. Thus, upon receiving the authorized approval, the applicant may proceed with the installation of rooftop solar panels.
Additionally, "advanced meters" must be used during installation in place of "imported kilowatt-hour meters for export," according to the new legislation. Additionally, IUPLTU holders had to pay for the installation of sophisticated meters.
Provisions pertaining to the payment of energy generating fees—that is, the cost of running the system in parallel—were eliminated by the Ministry of Mines and Energy. Simultaneously, it also states that the surplus power produced from rooftop solar panels will not be included in the range of costs if it surpasses the quota.