Currently, the maximum daily purchase quota for solar-branded diesel for individual-owned four-wheel vehicles is 60 litres. — The Jakarta Post
JAKARTA: The Downstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency (BPH Migas) is slated to reduce the amount of solar subsidised diesel fuel motorists can buy per day to ensure its equal distribution.
BPH Migas head Erika Retnowati said the agency would revise rules stipulating the maximum purchase limit in Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 191/2014 on the provision, distribution and retail pricing of fuel.
“We will issue a regulation to tighten the maximum purchase volume to make the distribution more on target,” she told House of Representatives Commission XII overseeing energy and mineral resource policies in Jakarta.
Currently, the maximum daily purchase quota for solar-branded diesel for individual-owned four-wheel vehicles is 60 litres, Erika explained.
Meanwhile, the limit for six-wheel commercial vehicles for transporting people or goods is 80 litres per day per vehicle, and for commercial vehicles with more than six wheels 200 liters per day per vehicle.
“We think it is too much, because it exceeds the capacity of the tank, so it has the potential to be misused. Moreover, based on a study that we conducted together with the study team from (Gadjah Mada University, UGM), we will tighten the volume,” Erika said.
In 2024, nationwide consumption of subsidised diesel reached 17.62 million kiloliters or kl, just a marginal increase over the 17.57 million kl used in 2023. Consumption of Pertamina’s subsidised RON-90 Pertalite fuel, on the other hand, reached 29.69 million kl.
BPH Migas will calculate the sale of fuels based on the volumes dispensed through nozzles at gas stations, Erika said, and was currently working on the technical implementation.
“We are preparing the technical guidelines, just waiting for the ministerial regulation to be issued by the Finance Ministry.
“We will determine the technical guidelines for the calculation,” she said.
Supervision of fuel distribution will also be tightened by directly monitoring gas stations, including through closed-circuit television (CCTVs), she explained.
“Then, we will also supervise sales using information technology, we will ask for increased access to CCTVs at gas stations in real-time,” Erika said.
BPH Migas plans to increase cooperation with local governments to supervise fuel distribution through the eXcellence Integrated System Recommendation Application. The agency is encouraging public participation in supervising the distribution of subsidised fuel. — The Jakarta Post/ANN
