Member of Parliament’s Energy Commission: Parliament has no plans to increase gasoline prices

According to Energy Press, Malik Shariati, in the press conference of the third international conference on optimization of energy consumption and efficiency of Iran, in response to ISNA’s question, regarding the parliament’s plan to increase the price of gasoline and electricity in line with energy consumption optimization plans, said: Modification of the price of oil products and energy carriers, the necessary permits in the form of the law on the targeting of subsidies and the 7th development plan have been given to the government, but for the implementation and implementation of any decision, there is a need for a consensus of opinions between the government and the parliament.
Emphasizing that the parliament does not have a plan in this area, he said: This issue is in the hands of the government, but any change and transformation requires the consensus of the heads of the powers and all aspects must be considered, but the parliament does not have a plan to change the rate on the agenda.
A member of the Energy Commission of the Islamic Council, stating that the discussion of energy imbalance and the need to optimize energy consumption is of concern to the government and the parliament, and in the seventh development program, it is emphasized that the government is obliged to draft the statutes of the optimization and management organization three months after the notification of this program. energy strategy to be approved by the cabinet, he said: The law of the 7th development program was promulgated on the second day of August 1403, there is little time left until the legal deadline for the approval of the statute of this organization.
Shariati added: We hope that the government will approve the statute of this organization in November, we prepared the statute of this organization in the parliament and sent it to the government. Fuel, transportation management headquarters, fuel and productivity department of Satba organization should be formed.
He stated that it has been decided that 1% of the resources obtained from the country’s oil and gas exports and 10% of the resources obtained from the sale of LPG, ethane and sulfur will be deposited in the account of this organization, and any fines received in the field of metering will also be deposited into this account. , said: For the year 1403, financial resources amounting to 30 thousand billion tomans will be at the disposal of this organization and we have suggested that the optimization account be turned into an optimization fund so that the possibility of tampering with the resources of this fund will be reduced with the existence of the board of trustees.
A member of the Energy Commission of the Islamic Council, stating that 60% of the target audience is to increase the efficiency of governance and executive bodies, he said: that high-consumption cars are provided to the people, the problem of high consumption of gasoline does not return to the people, or that high-consumption electronic equipment is offered in the market. procedures and structures should be modified and people should not be blamed for the increase in consumption.