In 2017 Indonesia has reached about 91.16% of national electrification
ratio. The most challenging part of increasing the electrification ratio is
the ineffective cost and long term revenue of installing long distribution
and transmission lines to the isolated and remote areas. To achieve the
100% electrification ratio in 2020, the Indonesian government has
constructed more micro hydropower plants (MHPP) scale to supply
power to isolated and remote areas. The total hydropower plant that has
been installed all around Indonesia since 2016 is about 11% of the total
available potency. The projects were economically effective as they
normally run with the collaboration among, national government, local
authority and local communities. The mini-micro hydropower projects
that were running from 2011 to 2015 have been conducted in two main
scheme, the private sector or so-called independent power producers
(IPPs) and through government funding. The MHPP projects
implementation of course was facing in between benefits and short�comings. Some of the benefits of MHPP are low cost project,
environment benign and long live operation. However, the drawbacks of
MHPP might include specific site requirement, social conflict, non�skilled operator that might harm himself, and operation is depending on
the local climate. The win-win solution should be come across for MHPP
projects to accommodate between the benefits and the short-comings.