Indonesia has 178 power plants in this atlas, with 48,751 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is PLTU Paiton I Unit 7 & 8 (5,355 MW, coal; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are coal, gas and hydro. Grid operators listed here include PLN. Renewables supplied 18.1% of its electricity in 2024.
Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.
Grid operators and electricity market in Indonesia
Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything
Coal supplies about 60% of power across many separate island grids.
GenerationState utility
TransmissionState utility
DistributionState utility
CustomersGovernment-set tariffs
Who regulates
No separate independent regulator is listed: the government or the utility itself sets tariffs and technical rules.
Who controls the grid
State-owned PLN runs transmission and distribution and buys from independent producers, under the energy ministry.
Participant in the ASEAN Power Grid initiative, which is gradually linking Southeast Asian grids for cross-border trade.
What does “Vertically integrated utility” mean?
A single, usually state-owned utility generates, transmits and distributes electricity. Prices are set or approved by the government or a regulator rather than by a market.
References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.
Indonesia is in South-Eastern Asia. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.
Capital
Jakarta
Languages
Indonesian
Region
South-Eastern Asia
Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.
The source inventory contains 178 records for Indonesia. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.
Inventory coverage
178 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 178 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
