Operations Session
Medium- and Long-Term Planning Direction for Sustainable Energy Security in Southeast Asia Region
Thursday, 5 June 2025
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (GMT +8)
The Southeast Asia region has witnessed rapid economic growth, population influx to urban areas, and industrialization, which has resulted in 4–5% of exponential annual power demand growth. However, increasing price volatility and supply disruption of coal and natural gas, which are major sources of baseload power, pose risks to sustainable energy security. In addition, the rising cost of power supply and end-user tariffs (or subsidies) threatens the sustainable development of the power sector in response to this exponential demand growth. While the region is seeing rapid renewable power installation and generation, there are constraints to integrating fluctuating renewable sources into the grid due to limited reserve capacity and transmission grid deficiencies. Therefore, energy planning for sustainable energy security in Southeast Asia should consider the nexus of exponential demand growth, oil/gas/coal market volatility, affordable power supply, and the upscaling of renewable energy.
AGENDA
2:00 - 2:05 p.m.
Introductory Remarks
Umang Bhattarai, Energy Specialist, ADB
Opening Remarks
Keiju Mitsuhashi, Director, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Team, Energy Sector Office, Sectors Department 1
2:05 - 2:15 p.m.
Keynote Presentation: Southeast Asia's Green Economy 2025 Report
Yukiko Tsukamoto, Partner, Bain & Company, Philippines
2:15 - 2:25 p.m.
Keynote Presentation: Overview of a Just and Sustainable Energy Transition in the Philippines
Rowena Cristina Guevara, Undersecretary, Department of Energy, Republic of the Philippines
2:25 - 2:35 p.m.
Keynote Presentation: Energy Security Transition in Cambodia
H.E. Chhe Lidin, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Cambodia
2:35 - 2:45 p.m.
Keynote Presentation: Medium and Long-Term Planning Towards Inclusive and Sustainable Net Zero Emissions
Yusuf Suryanto, Director of Transmission, Electricity, and Aerospace, Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS), Indonesia
2:45 - 3:15 p.m.
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Architrandi Priambodo, Senior Energy Specialist, ADB
Panelists:
Yukiko Tsukamoto, Partner, Bain & Company, Republic of the Philippines
Rowena Cristina Guevara, Undersecretary, Department of Energy, Republic of the Philippines
H.E. Chhe Lidin, Under Secretary of State, Cambodia
Yusuf Suryanto, Director of Transmission, Electricity, and Aerospace, Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS), Indonesia
3:15 - 3:25 p.m.
Q&A Session
3:25 - 3:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Shigeru Yamamura, Principal Energy Specialist, SG-ENE
SPEAKERS
Umang Bhattarai
Energy Specialist, ADB
Yukiko Tsukamoto
Partner, Bain & Company, Philippines
Rowena Cristina Guevara
Undersecretary, Department of Energy, Republic of the Philippines
H.E. Chhe Lidin
Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Cambodia
Yusuf Suryanto
Director of Transmission, Electricity, and Aerospace, Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS), Indonesia
Architrandi Priambodo
Senior Energy Specialist, Asian Development Bank
Shigeru Yamamura
Principal Energy Specialist, ADB