Indonesian Legal Political Policy towards Determining Electricity Tariff in the Geothermal Industry

Abstract

Indonesia should occupy a very important position for the global political economy of renewable energy because it has the largest geothermal reserves in the world, about 40% of the world's geothermal resources are in Indonesia. Historically, geothermal development for electric power was carried out in 1926 but until now the use of geothermal energy has been slow and has only reached less than 3% of the national energy demand and only ranks 2 nd country after the United States as the largest producer of geothermal energy. The Indonesian government is having difficulty getting partners or investors to develop the geothermal industry, one of the reasons is the improper electricity tariffs set unilaterally by the government. This research uses a normative juridical method to analyze the determination of electricity tariffs related to the legal system of "Civil Law" and the political configuration in Indonesia that underlies the setting of electricity tariffs, with the intention that geothermal energy can act as a sustainable economic development agenda and help improve the domestic economy.

Aspects of Legal Certainty, Justice and Usability in the Decisions of Judges in Civil Courts

“…Judges' decisions in court should ideally not generate new issues in the community, implying that the quality of judicial judgements has a significant impact on the community environment and impacts the court's authority and credibility. The fact is that many judges' choices in the legal process continue to stoke fresh debates and fail to address problems [10]. Though ideally, the judge's decision that was born should be able to resolve the case.…”