As the era of Joko Widido’s decade-long presidency ends, it is important to reflect on the foundational policy that will shape the trajectory of the

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As the era of Joko Widido’s decade-long presidency ends, it is important to reflect on the foundational policy that will shape the trajectory of the rapidly developing Indonesian nation. There are many questions surrounding the future direction of the economy under the new administration, but to have any insight into the future it is important to understand the past. There is no policy more fundamental to a developing economy than infrastructure, specifically energy infrastructure, and the defining effort of early Jokowi era energy policy was his “ 35,000MW dream”, an effort to expand Indonesia’s electricity generation by 35GW.

For context this is equivalent to the output of roughly 15 Hoover Dams, or 8 Suralaya Power Plants, increasing electricity produced on the order of what 15 million typical Americans consume. Initially scheduled to be completed in his first term, it has ultimately taken his administration the full second term to achieve this increase in capacity.

However, understanding the implementation of a dream like this requires more detail than a simple slogan. As with all dreams, reality is never so frictionless - the challenges with Indonesian electrification are numerous. The landscape of these challenges will be decisive in channeling resources and determining what kind of projects have the momentum to make it over the finish line. Jokowi eventually succeeded in adding 35GW over the full course of his 2 terms as president, but his efforts were undeniably constrained by this landscape.

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