Senin, 26 November 2012

Difficulties of Reducing Consumption Subsidized Oil





The community is still wasteful use of subsidized fuel. This is very serious problem for Indonesian government.   Reports from the Ministry of Energy, BPH Migas and Pertamina show, quota of subsidized fuel discharged December 22, 2012.

The quota increased from 40 million kiloliters (KL) to 44.04 million KL for availability until December 31, 2012. If discharged on December 22, there is a shortage of subsidized fuel for eight days this year.

Subsidized fuel is a strategic issue for Indonesia. That not only affects the economic but also political and security issues. Pertamina, state owned institution attempt to control quotas in some areas di Indonesia actually cause panic. As a result, the public buy out of control subsidized fuel at the pump for fear of running out. The panic occurred in various areas such as Batam, Kuala Pinang, the Pacific Islands, and Jambi.

Government was thinking of the right options to control the consumption of subsidized fuel. Government launched several ideas such as the reduction of the supply of subsidized fuel bit by bit in order to public switch to non-subsidized fuel. In practice, people thought there was a shortage of fuel and causing long lines at the pump.

Other ideas, Pertamina planned program one day without subsidized fuel on December 2, 2012, in Java, Bali and other major cities. The program called the National Movement for Free Day Subsidized Premium. Five cities that do not serve the subsidized fuel sales are Medan, Batam, Palembang, Balikpapan and Makassar. The program will save money Rp 75 billion.

Tota fuel and electricity subsidies estimated at Rp305, 9 billion by the end of this year. This is the big money for Indonesian government, which should build infrastructure project for inviting foreign investors more and more.

However, a good program can often not well implemented in the field. This occurs because of inadequate socialization. Many people do not know that Pertamina control subsidized fuel at some petrol stations.

Without explanation means, people will panic when they could not find subsidized fuel at the pump. The panic will be seen from the length queue in pump stations, they regard subsidized fuel has run out.

Program of one day without fuel subsidy December 2 will also require good socialization. Behavior toward the plan may not be as expected. For example, people might just buy oil   a day before 2 December, and that could affect the line at the pump.

Many ideas launched with not good preparations. Call it the plan prohibits luxury cars using subsidized fuel. Other plans, the whole car black plate premium prohibited using subsidized oil.  Solving this problem is not very easy for Indonesian government that has policy of subsidized oil for many years.
 

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