Mass hearing on gas price hike starts Monday

Staff Correspondent: The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) is going to hold mass hearings on gas price hike from tomorrow (Monday).

The energy regulator has already received proposals from all gas transmission and distribution companies about the hike.

All distribution companies in their proposals demanded that the prices of all types of gases be increased to 66 percent on an average.

The mass hearing will take place at the auditorium of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) at Karwanbazar in the capital.

The hearing will start with Petrobangla tomorrow morning.

Later, from 10:30am, the Gas Transmission Company Limited will place a proposal to increase the gas transmission charge.  On March 12, the hearing of the Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd will be held from 10am to 12:30pm.

From 2:30pm to 5pm on the same day, the hearing of Sundarban Gas Company Limited will take place. On March 13, the hearing of the Bakhrabad Gas Distribution Company Ltd will be held from 10am to 12:30pm.

The hearing of the Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd will be held from 2:30pm to5:00 pm on the same day. On March 14, the hearing of the Karnafuli Gas Distribution Company Ltd will take place from 10am to 12:30pm, while the Pashchimanchal Gas Company Ltd’s hearing will be held from 2:30 pm to 5 pm.


risingbd/Dhaka/Mar 10, 2019/Hasan/AI