<![CDATA[Indonesia has set a national energy policy direction that emphasizes energy efficiency and conservation to reduce carbon emissions. Government Regulation No. 33 of 2023 defines energy conservation as systematic, planned, and integrated efforts to preserve domestic energy resources and improve their efficiency. Efforts to achieve conservation targets are carried out through optimization in all sectors, especially industry as the largest energy consumer in West Java. Despite the existence of Government Regulation No. 33/2023, West Java Regional Regulation No. 2/2019 on RUED, and ESDM Ministerial Regulation No. 3 and 8 of 2025, the implementation of energy conservation still faces serious challenges: low energy reporting compliance, incentives and disincentives that are not yet in place, and institutional functions that are still passive. In an effort to overcome these energy conservation issues, this study aims to propose policy recommendations that include improvement strategies, stakeholder interactions, and quick wins as rapid actions for the transformation of adaptive institutional governance and energy conservation regulations. The analysis was conducted using qualitative methods based on the Miles and Huberman model. This analysis model was then adapted to the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework in terms of data reduction and presentation. Through the established analysis methods and objectives, we found that energy conservation issues are rooted in physical environmental, socio-economic, and institutional conditions. Physical environmental problems in this case were identified as the initial cause of the urgency of energy conservation, namely the increase in energy demand caused by population growth. In the socio-economic aspect, we found limitations in human resource capacity, especially in terms of trainers, training facilities, energy managers, and trained and certified auditors. In terms of institutions, the problem lies in the absence of technical regulations in the form of implementation guidelines and incentive and disincentive schemes that can drive industry commitment. In addition, the institutional function of the West Java Provincial ESDM Office is still passive. In response, this study proposes three integrated strategies, namely (1) the establishment of a Regional Public Service Agency (BLUD) as a technical operational unit, (2) the strengthening of provincial derivative regulations that contain detailed incentive and disincentive schemes, and (3) the institutionalization of a list of companies required to report through a governor's decree (Kepgub). These recommendations aim to transform governance from a reactive and isolated model to a proactive, collaborative, and adaptive model, which is essential for achieving national and regional energy efficiency targets. This study is relevant for replication in other provinces in order to accelerate the achievement of national energy conservation targets.]]>
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