SA Energocom is requesting an increase in the regulated price of natural gas for end consumers connected to low-pressure distribution networks, from 13.35 lei to 19.37 lei per cubic meter. A move in this direction has been submitted to the National Agency for Energy Regulation, reports IPN.
The company argues the need for adjustment due to the increasing costs of natural gas acquisition. If at the approval of the current tariffs a medium price of 404.24 euros was estimated for a thousand cubic meters, in the period from January to July this reached around 423.28 euros, and for the months of August to December it is forecasted at approximately 623.54 euros.
According to the provider, in the first seven months of the year, the costs of the regulated service exceeded the revenues obtained from the current rates, generating an estimated tariff deficit of 106.8 million lei.
Energocom maintains that the proposed increase is necessary to cover the justified costs of the public service and to avoid the accumulation of new tariff deviations, against the backdrop of rising gas prices on European markets, influenced by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and market volatility.
Energocom specifies that the request represents only a tariff proposal, and the decision regarding its approval, modification or rejection belongs exclusively to ANRE.
