Yogyakarta City Government to Regulate Fuel Quotas for Official Vehicles

The Yogyakarta City Government is preparing to save regional budget through a policy of capping fuel oil (BBM) for all official vehicles. This policy will mandate daily fuel quotas for red-plated cars and motorcycles to significantly reduce energy expenditure. “I will ration official cars to a maximum of 5 litres per day, so for 4 days it’s 20 litres. For official motorcycles, I will ration 1 litre per day just for operations,” said Yogyakarta Mayor Hasto Wardoyo on Tuesday, 31 March 2026. He explained that this step is taken to implement efficiency in the bureaucratic environment. Under this capping scheme, each official vehicle will only be given a certain amount of fuel quota set daily. “If the ration is enforced, it can reduce Yogyakarta City’s fuel expenditure by almost 30 per cent,” he said. Hasto explained that monitoring fuel consumption for official vehicles has been quite challenging so far. This is because many civil servants (ASN) take those vehicles home to locations outside Yogyakarta City. With this new cap, according to him, it will be much easier to control fuel cost claims. “If official vehicles are taken far away, the petrol won’t be enough with 5 litres. Especially for those whose homes are outside Yogyakarta City, so if over budget, they can add it themselves,” said Hasto. The capping, said Hasto, makes it easier for the City Government to monitor. Because every fuel claim is only allowed according to the determined ration. To build a culture of energy saving, Hasto will encourage the growth of awareness among ASN to start switching to more environmentally friendly modes of transportation, such as manual bicycles or electric bicycles. However, Hasto emphasised that all these efficiency scenarios still require an official regulatory basis from the central government before being fully implemented in Yogyakarta City. In addition to tightening fuel, the Yogyakarta City Government is also designing a work-from-home (WFH) schedule as a supporting strategy for savings. Regarding the technical implementation of WFH for other agencies, they are still waiting for official instructions from the central government through the Ministry of Home Affairs. Various scenarios have been prepared, including calculations to compensate for lost working hours if the WFH policy is officially enforced on Fridays. “We are still waiting for a letter from the Minister of Home Affairs on how it will be ordered, for example one day, Friday, then Friday,” he said. “So that the loss is not as much as 5.5 hours (on Friday), it will be replaced on other days so that services can still be maintained,” he said. Nevertheless, Hasto guaranteed that vital public services will not be disrupted by the WFH policy. Such as ward offices, sub-districts, community health centres, as well as security and order units including the Civil Service Police Unit, Transportation Agency, and Licensing Agency. Hasto assured that they will continue to operate fully.