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Hearing On Gas Prices Start From 7 August

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Hearing on gas price is starting from august. Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) will begin an eight-day hearing. The hearing will continue from 7 to 18 August.
It will hold on gas transmission tariff and price hike proposals submitted by seven state-owned gas transmission and distribution companies. It will also hold a hearing on gas bulk tariff.
The interested persons and organisations will have to write to the commission by August 1 to participate at the hearing.
The hearing on proposals of the Gas Transmission Company Limited (GTCL)  will be held on August 7, while that of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd on August 8 and Pashchimanchal Gas Company Limited will be held on August 10.
The hearing on Bakhrabad Gas Distribution Company Limited will be held on August 11 and Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited proposals on August 14.
The hearing on proposals of Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited will be held on August 16 and Sundarban Gas Company Limited will be held on August 17.
The bulk tariff hearing of Petrobangla, Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited, Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited and Sylhet Gas Fields Limited will be held on August 18.
According to their proposals, domestic users will have to pay Tk1,200 every month instead of Tk650 for double burners, which is an 85% hike. On the other hand, Tk1,100 has been proposed for single burners, up from the current Tk600. Consumers using meter-based burners will have to pay Tk16.80 instead of Tk7 for per cubic metre of gas, an increase of 140%.
Gas Transmission Company Limited has proposed that the BERC raise gas transmission tariff from Tk0.1565 to Tk0.4213 per cubic metre.

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