Digital gas pumps

Digital gas pumps

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) has
urged state-owned oil company Pertamina to take action against
gas stations which operate gas pumps without digital meters.

Tini Hadad, chairwoman of the foundation, said in a statement
that action was needed as many gas stations still used nondigital
machines, even though Pertamina and the City Metrology Office had
announced a July 1 deadline for all gas stations in both Jakarta
and West Java to use digital meter systems.

Both Pertamina and the metrology office have urged gas station
owners to replace their nondigital machines with digital ones,
otherwise they will be sanctioned if they refuse to do so, she
said.

"Many gas stations using old pumps show they are disregarding
the government proposal. And the inaccuracy of old pumps causes
consumers great losses," she said.

She said YLKI asked Pertamina to sanction negligent gas
station owners, reminding those who still used old pumps to
replace them with digital ones as soon as possible.

Tini said gas station owners should be allowed to buy digital
machines without being forced to buy them through appointed
suppliers. (hhr)