Subsidized Elpiji Gas Supply Inspection, Officers Find Sellers Above HET Price

3 Kg LPG/ Photo gas cylinder; IST

JAKARTA - One week before Ramadan, the availability of subsidized LPG gas stocks and supplies did not escape the supervision of officers from the DKI Jakarta Transmigration and Energy Manpower Office (Disnakertransgi) on Tuesday, March 5.

In addition to supervising foodstuffs, officers also supervised 3 kilograms of subsidized LPG gas. One of the markets being inspected is Jalan Sumur Batu Raya, RT 12 RW 02, Sumur Batu Village, Kemayoran District, Central Jakarta.

Officers check whether the price of LPG gas is in accordance with the highest retail price (HET) or there is an increase in prices.

Head of the Energy Conservation and Utilization Section of the DKI Jakarta Nakertransgi Service, Togas Braini, said that this surveillance activity was welcoming the month of Ramadan. From the results of the inspection, it was found that the price on the market was still in accordance with the HET set through Pergub Number 4 of 2015 concerning the HET gas at the base level of Rp. 16 thousand.

Regarding prices at the retail level, it is acknowledged that there is a price variation between Rp. 21-23 thousand.

"From the retailers, they did take the margin and it was in accordance with the service. But we make sure the stock is safe and the price in the retailers is still appropriate," he told reporters, Tuesday, March 5.

In addition, Togas also said that currently Pertamina is still carrying out the data collection process and initial socialization of the application of 3-kilogram LPG gas purchases based on ID cards.

So that in the future purchases can be made to consumers who have been registered.

"For people, one day and one tube, but MSMEs are different. In the future, Pertamina will issue a further policy of regulating what kind," he said.

The inspection will be carried out in rotation to five cities and one administrative district in DKI Jakarta.

"Today we are doing it in Central Jakarta, after we have finished our Central Jakarta to South Jakarta. We want to make sure there is no increase in price and stock availability," he said.