SA Moldovagaz requested the National Agency for Energy Regulation (NAER) to increase the natural gas rates for end users for 2021, from 4,128 to 9,396 lei per 1,000 cubic meters of gas. This way, the rate for the natural gas supplied at the exit points of low-pressure distribution pipelines was proposed to be raised from 4,298 to 10,260 lei per 1,000 cubic meters of gas, in medium-pressure pipelines – from 4,018 to 8,649 lei, in high-pressure pipelines - from 3,910 to 8,331 lei, IPN reports, quoting a press release of Moldovagaz.
In the case of gas transportation networks, the rate could be raised from 2,613 to 7,834 lei per 1,000 cubic meters of gas at entry points and from 2,895 to 8,115 lei at exit points.
According to Moldovagaz, the gas rates need to be reviewed as the purchase price of gas increased significantly. The final new rates for natural gas at regulated price are to be approved by NAER in an open meeting.
By November 10, NAER will have to set new provisional rates that will be applied as from November 1, in accordance with an order made by the Commission for Emergencies.
Before the “gas supply crisis”, the natural gas rate for residential consumers was 4.20 lei per cubic meter of natural gas. In 2012-2014, the Moldovan consumers paid the highest rate of the independence period – 6.20 lei per cubic meter of gas.
