The petroleum products divisions operates its revolving fund as was indicated, off to the side. There is a thing called the price stabilization fund, which is a fund that absorbs losses or profits that the fund may enjoy over a fiscal year. The maximum value that the stabilization fund can carry is $5 million. At this point in time, the fund is at a negative $2.8 million. We anticipate a loss at roughly a $1 million this year, which will take it to $3.8 million.
There is still room for the stabilization fund to assume a level of loss, but only to the maximum of the $5 million. If that amount is exceeded, then an appropriation would have to make up the difference between the $5 million and the actual amount of loss. The management of the cost of fuel is something that we are focusing on to the maximum set possible, but certainly, a substantial amount of the cost is based on the wholesale price of fuel.
At this time, the wholesale price of diesel fuel is running around 34 cents a litre, where traditionally, we expect to see it around 22 cents a litre. If the prices were to continue, we would have a considerable problem in trying to deal with it, in trying to stay within the price stabilization fund.