Downstream Regulatory Body Oil and Gas (BPH Migas) requested that the price of fuel oil (BBM) subsidy to be raised. It was in anticipation of the quota of subsidized fuel is expected to return over the limit.

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Downstream Regulatory Body Oil and Gas (BPH Migas) requested that the price of fuel oil (BBM) subsidy to be raised. It was in anticipation of the quota of subsidized fuel is expected to return over the limit.

This year, the government proposed a subsidized fuel quota of 46.01 million kiloliters. However, the consumption of subsidized fuel this year expected to soar 48 million-50 million kiloliter kiloliter.

"If fuel prices go up, it will not burst quota. It's people so frugal. Was there calculation itself, which is usually wasteful (BBM), is increasingly reduced their consumption (as raised)," said Chief Andy Noorsaman BPH Migas Sommeng current Handover position of Vice Minister of the old and new at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Jakarta, Tuesday (01/15/2012).

According to Andy, the quota of subsidized fuel is expected to remain beyond the limit this year. This is evident from the experience in the last year has filed three additional quota of subsidized fuel from the original 40.1 million kiloliters, then to 44.04 million kiloliters, and finally to 45.2 million kiloliters.

In fact, an additional 1.23 million kiloliters of subsidized fuel prices in late 2012 and was requested to budget quota of subsidized fuel in 2013. Now, the government has used information systems to control subsidized fuel.

However, it will not guarantee that the quota of subsidized fuel will remain safe and free from the shadow of additional quota aka BBM broken.

"Restrictions on the IT systems that Pertamina would only hold the consumption of subsidized fuel. When KL was 48 million, is now reduced by 1.5 million to 46.5 million KL KL. But it's still high," he added.

For your information, the Deputy Minister Rudi Rubiandini never said it was agreed that if the government wants to raise fuel prices this year. This was to reduce the consumption of subsidized fuel is estimated to burst this year.

In fact, consumption is expected to continue to exceed the quota this year despite the government will roll out a program to reduce the quota of subsidized fuel. For example, the issue of rising fuel prices, the consumption of subsidized fuel savings on service vehicles, and conversion of fuel into the fuel gas (CNG).

"Quota of subsidized fuel in 2012 was 45.2 million KL. If this year 46 million KL, it was not possible, even though there are three programs (savings, higher prices, and conversion) that way," said Rudi.