Islamabad (Staff Report/Agencies): The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has dropped a gas bomb on the masses as it increased the tariff of two sui gas companies for consumers up to 74 percent, effective from July 2022.
The OGRA in a notification issued on Wednesday, increased the tariff of Sui Northern Gas Company Limited (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) for household consumers, commercial sector, tandoors, captive power plants and general industries, including export-oriented sector.
The regulator has abolished the earlier applicable slabs of gas consumption and their respective rates and fixed the price at 952.17 per Million British Thermal Units (mmBtu) for SNGPL consumers. Likewise, for SSGC, the prescribed prices have been fixed at Rs1161.91/mmBtu.