"Kita akan teruskan semoga tidak lama lagi untuk 137.000 (rumah tangga), kalau enggak salah Rp182 miliar," kata Direktur Jenderal Ketenagalistrikan Kementerian ESDM Jisman Hutajulu di Jakarta, dikutip dari merdeka.com, Rabu 31 Juli 2024. Jisman mengatakan, proses pendataan bagi penerima program rice cooker gratis tersebut akan rampung pada Oktober mendatang. Dia berharap, realisasi program bagi-bagi rice cooker gratis ini akan dilakukan pada tahun ini.

Jisman stated that the free rice cooker giveaway program continues a similar program from 2023 that targeted 500,000 households. It is known that last year, the distribution of free rice cookers did not meet the target, reaching only 362,000 households. "We are continuing, last year it was 500,000, and then what we could realize was 362,000 something. So there are about 130,000 that we have already counted," he said.

Jisman said that in the near future, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) will conduct bidding for rice cooker companies to participate in the distribution of this program. "The brand (of the rice cooker) will come from the bidding; for the new ones, it has to be bid again," he emphasized.

The criteria for houses occupied at low voltage with a power of 450 VA. The small household tariff group at a voltage of 900 VA, and the household tariff group at a voltage of 1,300 VA, and households that do not have electric cooking appliances (AML). The AML application from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is submitted by the local village head or sub-district head. Therefore, prospective recipients will be proposed according to the requirements in Article 3 Paragraph 2.