DOE: 4 oil firms to give fuel discounts to PUVs

Department of Energy (DOE) officer-in-charge Secretary Sharon Garin confirmed yesterday that four oil companies - Petron, Shell, Caltex, and Cleanfuel - have agreed to give fuel discounts to public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers affected by the volatility in oil prices.

- BY GABRIELL CHRISTEL GALANG

According to the DOE, the following discounts will be given to PUV drivers: Petron Super Driver (SDC) holders can get P0.5 up to P3 per liter discount every time they gas up at any participating station; Shell will give P1 to P5 per liter discount to PUVs and P2 to P3 per liter discount for TNVS; Caltex will offer P2.50 discount per liter on motor gas, P1.50 discount per liter on diesel, and P10 for lubricant products for PUVS; Cleanfuel will give P1 discount per liter of diesel, P2 for gasoline for PUJS, nonoperator taxis through the Pasada card The DOE said it met with representatives from Petron, Caltex, Shell, and Cleanfuel, almost on a daily basis to come up with the package of discounts for PUV drivers.

"Nakausap natin 'yung Petron, Caltex, Shell at Cleanfuel. Every day naman, 'yan mini-meeting kada isa.

At least meron silang mga P1 discount sa kada litro sa lahat ng public utility vehicles," Garin said in an interview on Super Radyo dzBB. (We spoke with Petron, Caltex, Shell, and Cleanfuel. We meet with them individually every day. They have at least P1 discount per liter for all PUVS.) "So bawi rin 'yan kasi hindi namin masyadong makontrol ang presyo. Sabi ng batas, 'wag niyong kontrolin. So, humihingi kami ng tulong sa mga oil companies," she added. (So that's a big help because we could not control much of the prices. The law says we should not control [the prices]. So, we ask for help from the oil companies.) "So far, 'yung apat pa lang [na kompanya] ang na-confirm ko (I confirmed only the four companies)," Garin said.