Powering a Modern Life? Residents’ Experiences of the Electricity Supply in Tanjung Pinang
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Access to an affordable and reliable electricity supply is vital not only for economic development but also for citizens’ quality of life. Indonesia has made significant progress towards near-universal electrification, but this achievement masks vast disparities in household access ...
See moreAccess to an affordable and reliable electricity supply is vital not only for economic development but also for citizens’ quality of life. Indonesia has made significant progress towards near-universal electrification, but this achievement masks vast disparities in household access to electricity. Problems with affordability and reliability of supply are experienced even in Indonesia’s major cities but are far worse in remote areas and on the country’s many hundreds of inhabited small islands, which are not connected to a major grid. Drawing on Indonesian government data and a survey of householders (N = 360), this article measures variations in the quantity and quality of electricity supply in different areas in Tanjung Pinang, the capital of Riau Islands province (Kepri). As this article demonstrates, interruptions in supply have a serious impact on residents’ capacity to power a modern life. Akses terhadap listrik yang murah dan dapat diandalkan adalah sesuatu yang vital, tidak hanya bagi perkembangan ekonomi, namun juga bagi kualitas hidup para penduduk. Indonesia telah membuat kemajuan yang signifikan hingga mencapai tingkat elektrifikasi yang mendekati universal, namun pencapaian ini menutup ketimpangan akses rumah tangga terhadap kelistrikan. Permasalahan terkait keterjangkauan dan keterandalan penawaran listrik dialami bahkan di kota-kota besar di Indonesia, namun jauh lebih buruk di area-area terpencil dan di ratusan pulau kecil berpenghuni di seluruh Indonesia, yang tidak terkoneksi dengan jaringan listrik besar. Dengan menggunakan data pemerintah dari survey rumah tangga (jumlah sampel 360), tulisan ini mengukur variasi pada kuantitas dan kualitas penawaran listrik di berbagai daerah di Tanjung Pinang, ibukota dari provinsi Kepulauan Riau (Kepri). Seperti yang didemonstrasikan dalam tulisan ini, gangguan listrik memiliki dampak yang serius terhadap kapasitas warga untuk mulai menikmati kehidupan modern.
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See moreAccess to an affordable and reliable electricity supply is vital not only for economic development but also for citizens’ quality of life. Indonesia has made significant progress towards near-universal electrification, but this achievement masks vast disparities in household access to electricity. Problems with affordability and reliability of supply are experienced even in Indonesia’s major cities but are far worse in remote areas and on the country’s many hundreds of inhabited small islands, which are not connected to a major grid. Drawing on Indonesian government data and a survey of householders (N = 360), this article measures variations in the quantity and quality of electricity supply in different areas in Tanjung Pinang, the capital of Riau Islands province (Kepri). As this article demonstrates, interruptions in supply have a serious impact on residents’ capacity to power a modern life. Akses terhadap listrik yang murah dan dapat diandalkan adalah sesuatu yang vital, tidak hanya bagi perkembangan ekonomi, namun juga bagi kualitas hidup para penduduk. Indonesia telah membuat kemajuan yang signifikan hingga mencapai tingkat elektrifikasi yang mendekati universal, namun pencapaian ini menutup ketimpangan akses rumah tangga terhadap kelistrikan. Permasalahan terkait keterjangkauan dan keterandalan penawaran listrik dialami bahkan di kota-kota besar di Indonesia, namun jauh lebih buruk di area-area terpencil dan di ratusan pulau kecil berpenghuni di seluruh Indonesia, yang tidak terkoneksi dengan jaringan listrik besar. Dengan menggunakan data pemerintah dari survey rumah tangga (jumlah sampel 360), tulisan ini mengukur variasi pada kuantitas dan kualitas penawaran listrik di berbagai daerah di Tanjung Pinang, ibukota dari provinsi Kepulauan Riau (Kepri). Seperti yang didemonstrasikan dalam tulisan ini, gangguan listrik memiliki dampak yang serius terhadap kapasitas warga untuk mulai menikmati kehidupan modern.
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2018-12-11Publisher
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies on 15/02/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00074918.2018.1440068Citation
Michele Ford (2018) Powering a Modern Life? Residents’ Experiences of the Electricity Supply in Tanjung Pinang, Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 54:3, 363-385, DOI: 10.1080/00074918.2018.1440068Share