Electricity Business Licensing Standards: Permen ESDM 7/2026

This article describes the electricity standards in Peraturan Menteri Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral Nomor 7 Tahun 2026 tentang Standar Kegiatan Usaha pada Penyelenggaraan Perizinan Berusaha Berbasis Risiko Sektor Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral. It is part of a series; for the framework, the licence categories (PB and PB UMKU), and the transitional rules, see the overview of Permen ESDM 7/2026.

The electricity business-activity standards appear in Lampiran I (core licences, PB) and Lampiran II (supporting licences, PB UMKU).

Core business licences (PB)

Lampiran I sets standards built around two principal licences:

• Izin Usaha Penyediaan Tenaga Listrik (IUPTL) — the electricity-supply business licence, covering generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity. The associated KBLI codes span 35111–35117 (electricity generation by source and scale), 35121 and 35122 (transmission), and 35129 (other electricity distribution and trade).
• Izin Usaha Jasa Penunjang Tenaga Listrik (IUJPTL) — the electricity support-services business licence, covering consultancy, construction and installation, and related services. The associated KBLI codes include 43211 (electrical installation), 71102, 71201, 71202, 71204 (engineering and technical testing), 72102, 74322, and 85497 (training).

Supporting licences (PB UMKU)

Lampiran II sets standards for supporting electricity activities, including:

• Izin Usaha Penyediaan Tenaga Listrik arrangements processed as supporting items, KBLI 35114–35117.
• Registrasi Nomor Identitas Stasiun — station identity-number registration.
• Persetujuan Harga Pembelian Tenaga Listrik — approval of electricity purchase prices.

Spatial-compliance rules specific to electricity

Article 3 contains rules that apply directly to electricity infrastructure:

• For infrastructure built within a government-set electricity business area, the Suitability of Spatial Use approval is granted without assessing a spatial-use proposal document where: the location sits in a Special Economic Zone or industrial estate whose coordinate polygon is registered in OSS; or in an area managed by an authority or development body registered in OSS; or, outside those, for distribution networks, distribution substations, and electricity sales (Article 3(4)).
• For PLN generation, transmission networks, and main substations — whether financed by the state budget or by PLN — the Minister submits the spatial-use suitability request to the minister for agrarian and spatial affairs (Article 3(5)).

Sanctions

A business actor breaching electricity PB or PB UMKU terms faces administrative sanctions under Article 8: written warning, temporary freezing of the activity, administrative fines, and/or revocation of the licence. Where the breach causes casualties or damage to safety, health, the environment, resource use, or other aspects, the sanction is temporary freezing or revocation of the licence.

Citation

Peraturan Menteri Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral Republik Indonesia Nomor 7 Tahun 2026, Lampiran I (Subsektor Ketenagalistrikan) and Lampiran II (Subsektor Ketenagalistrikan). Ditetapkan 8 Juni 2026; berlaku 12 Juni 2026. Source: jdih.esdm.go.id; peraturan.bpk.go.id.

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