Immediately Inaugurated, Realization Of One Price Fuel Reaches 90 Percent

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JAKARTA - The government continues to boost the provision of energy to all people in the country through the One Price Fuel program run by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM).

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Arifin Tasrif accompanied by Head of the Downstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency (BPH Migas) Erika Retnowati is scheduled to simultaneously inaugurate 26 one-price fuel distributors for the Papua and Maluku regions centered at TBBM Sorong, Southwest Papua, on Friday 24 November.

At the same time, as many as 25 one-price fuel distributors were also inaugurated in three other locations, namely at TBBM Krueng Raya Aceh (9 distributors), 5685806 gas stations in Alor Regency (11 distributors), and 66735002 gas stations in Kapuas Regency (5 distributors).

With this simultaneous inauguration, the total realization of the One Price Fuel distributor throughout 2023 has reached 80 distributors, or reached almost 90 percent of the target set this year, namely 89 distributors of One Price Fuel.

From the roadmap launched, until the end of 2024 as many as 583 distributors of One Price Fuel will operate. Meanwhile, cumulatively from 2017 until now, the achievement of the one-price fuel distributor has reached 503 distributors.

"This is part of the government's efforts to facilitate access to energy to all people in remote areas. This affordability will have a real impact on equitable economic development," said Head of the Communications, Public Information Services and Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Agus Cahyono Adi in a written statement to the media, Friday, November 24.

For information, the One Price Fuel Program has been regulated in the Ministerial Regulation (Permen) of Energy and Mineral Resources Number 36 of 2016 concerning the Acceleration of the Implementation of One Price of Certain Types of Fuel Oil and Types of Special Assignment Fuel Nationally. The regulation delegates the Downstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency (BPH Migas) to oversee the implementation of the One Price Fuel program through the assignment of the Assignment Recipient Business Entity to carry out the construction of One Price Fuel distributors at certain locations that have been set.

With the distribution of One Price Fuel, it is hoped that it will be a stimulus for people in remote areas to enjoy the same fuel prices as people in urban areas, so that they can improve the standard of living and the community's economy.