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Government to punish companies that fail to distribute B20
Economic Coordinating Minister Darmin Nasution has threatened to companies who fail to distribute a 20-percent blended biodiesel called B20, the mandatory usage of which came into effect on Sept. 1.
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Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution. (JP/Anton Hermansyah)
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conomic Coordinating Minister Darmin Nasution has threatened to companies who fail to distribute a 20-percent blended biodiesel called B20, the mandatory usage of which came into effect on Sept. 1.
He made the statement on Tuesday after chairing a coordination meeting to evaluate the implementation of the policy.
He said that initially, the program still faced several problems, particularly the sluggish process of distribution.
“But it has been improving. I think within a week, it will be in full gear,” Darmin said as reported by kontan.co.id.
He added that relevant ministers planned to have another coordination meeting on Thursday to evaluate companies who had not distributed the B20.
“We will summon all the companies so that we can evaluate the data. During the meeting, we will decide on companies that have to pay fine, which was stipulated in the PP [government regulation],” Darmin said.
He explained that the fine would be imposed on any companies that fail to implement provisions stipulated in the regulation, whether they were a natural oil fuel company (BU BBM) or a vegetable fuel company (BU BBN).
Meanwhile, Indonesian Biofuel Producers Association (Aprobi) chairman MP Tumanggor said the government needed to conduct an investigation before punishing anyone for lagging behind in distributing B20.
“It should be checked whether [extreme weather] had hampered distribution. The government could check this through satellite data,” he said.
The B20 policy was introduced as part of the government’s efforts to reduce crude oil imports. (bbn)
