Household Electricity Savings to Support National Energy Stability and Environmental Sustainability

Center of Technology for the Environment, Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology
The government efforts to maintain national energy stability program through the increase energy supply and saving must be supported by all levels of society. Several energy observers and experts stated that the contribution of the domestic or household sector in the activities of energy saving program is quite significant because the percentage of household customers are relatively high. This paper analyzes the potential of providing research data on the percentage of electricity savings in the domestic or household sectors towards saving electricity nationally. The results of the study show that electrical devices commonly used in households still have the potential to be saved. Electrical devices that are often used at households and have great saving potentials are air conditioners and refrigerators. If each household customer saves 30% of electricity consumption, then the national electricity supply that can be saved will be around 5,679 GW, equivalent to 83.3 trillion rupiah. The saving program resulted in savings of electricity consumption of around 6% of all household consumers or around 2.9% of total national electricity consumption.

Cite:

Santoso, A.D. and Salim, M.A. (2019). Household Electricity Savings to Support National Energy Stability and Environmental Sustainability. Jurnal Teknologi Lingkungan, 20(2), p.263.