ANRE to raise gas charges, Update

After new discussions and calculations, the National Agency for Energy Regulation (ANRE) Wednesday stated that the gas charges may increase by 12.6%, Info-Prim Neo reports. Earlier, the Agency accepted a rise of at least 10.8% at a time when Moldovagaz demanded that the charge be increased by 18.2%. The ANRE obliges the gas supplier to reduce the technological consumption and losses in the gas distribution networks from 65 to 32.8 million cubic meters of gas. When the news item was published (14.55), the Agency’s Board was deliberating. Moldovagaz announced it would dispute the calculation methodology used by the ANRE. [Update] The ANRE decided that the gas charges will be raised by 12.2%.