Non-Cemas Community, Safe Subsidized Fuel Quota Until The End Of The Year

JAKARTA - Head of Baadan Regulatory for Upstream Oil and Gas (BPH Migas) Erika Retnowati said that people need not worry about the end of their oil (BBM) quota subsidized Pertalite and Solar types.

The reason is, the government has increased the Pertalite quota from 23.05 million kiloliters (KL) to 29.91 KL. Meanwhile, Solar is subsidized from 15.1 million KL to 17.83 million KL.

This amount will meet the needs of the community until the end of 2022.

We have assigned the Assignment Business Entity in this case are PT Pertamina (Persero) and PT AKR Corporindo to distribute fuel according to the predetermined quota. The government continues to ensure the availability of fuel for people throughout Indonesia," he said at an online press conference in Jakarta, Tuesday, October 4.

He explained that if the quota was not increased, it could be ascertained that Pertalite would run out in mid-October and Solar in November 2022.

Erika explained that the reason for the addition of subsidized fuel quotas was because Pertalite and Solar consumption had increased as well as improving economic conditions after the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, he asked the public to continue to use non-subsidized fuel according to their designation.

The hope is that the subsidized fuel can be more targeted after the additional quota.

The addition of the Pertalite type fuel quota and subsidized diesel was positively welcomed by PT Pertamina Patra Niaga (PPN).

As a business entity that has an assignment to distribute subsidized fuel, this provides certainty of the availability of fuel for eligible communities.

"This is of course good news for the community, there is no need to worry about the availability of pertalite and diesel, this addition is expected to be able to meet the needs of the community until the end of the year," said Corporate Secretary of PT Pertamina Patra Niaga Irto Ginting.

For information, as of September 30, 2022 (unverified) the realization of subsidized diesel has reached 85.81 percent or 12.96 million KL from a quota of 15.10 million KL, while pertalite is 95.32 percent or 21.97 million KL from a quota of 23.05 million KL.