ANRE will not increase gas charges for third quarter

The National Agency for Energy Regulation (ANRE) will not modify the natural gas charges for end-users even if the purchase price of the gas supplied by Russia's giant Gazprom for the third quarter of this year was raised, Info-Prim Neo reports, quoting a communique from the Agency. SA Moldovagaz informed the ANRE the new import price of natural gas set by Gazprom for the third quarter of this year is US$260.67 per 1,000 cubic meters, up 3.1% compared with the price for the second quarter. The prices will remain unchanged because the additional costs incurred by SA Moldovagaz when buying gas at a higher price will not exceed the financial deviations of 5% that allow maintaining the tariffs. The last time, the natural gas prices were modified on May 14. The charges were then increased by 0.53 lei to 4.1 lei per cubic meter for the consumers who use up to 30 cubic meters of gas a month and 4.53 lei per cubic meter for those who use more than 30 cubic meters..