Based on its vision and mission, The Municipal Government of Surakarta changes its view on the municipal's Public Street Lighting (Penerangan Jalan Umum, or PJU) from merely an asset owned to the municipal to public services. The PJU illuminates the public streets of Surakarta City. The total public roads in Surakarta are around 976 km, based on current assessment by the municipal government.
Based on evaluation done by the municipal government in 2016, the PJU as a public service is still not functioning optimally. Besides not saving electricity, poles and lamps are not uniform and nonstandard. In addition, the lighting has not been evenly distributed along the existing public roads.
Based on this background, the Government of Surakarta intends to revitalize the public services of PJU. For this purpose, following up on last year evaluation, in 2017 the municipal government conducted a study in the preparation of Public Private Partnership for Public Street Lighting (KPBU PJU) project.