JAKARTA - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia revealed that his party was counting the fuel quota for private gas stations in 2026.
However, Bahlil joked that the calculation of the fuel quota was only carried out for business entities that were considered to comply with government regulations. Meanwhile, for companies that do not comply with government regulations have not been included in the calculation of the quota.
"If those who are orderly to the country's regulations, I have counted. If those who are not orderly, I have not counted," Bahlil told the media, Friday, December 19.
Bahlil also did not want to mention which business entity was meant to not follow government rules. He also said that his party would not be lenient towards business entities that tried to regulate or fight the state by not obeying the rules.
"Private bodies that try to regulate and fight the state, do not obey the rules of the state, yes, wait for the date of the game," he said.
Previously, the Director General of Oil and Gas (Dirjen Migas) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Laode Sulaeman, said that private gas stations had started to submit data for the plan for the import quota of fuel needs in 2026 since last October.
"We have also started to prepare to discuss also in 2026, private business entities have also started to submit data for the plan to be carried out in 2026," said Laode in a Public Hearing with Commission XII of the Indonesian House of Representatives in Jakarta, Wednesday, October 1.
For information, the 2025 fuel quota set by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources for private gas stations is 100 percent of the total sales in 2024 plus 10 percent.
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