ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has notified a 50% enhance in mounted gas charges for domestic consumers, efficient July 1, as a part of the revised gas pricing construction for the fiscal 12 months 2025-26.
“The federal authorities, in response to Ogra’s determinations of SNGPL [Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited] and SSGCL [Sui Southern Gas Company Limited] of estimated income requirement for FY 2025-26, has suggested revised category-wise pure gas gross sales efficient July 01, 2025,” acknowledged a notification issued by Ogra..
In keeping with the notification, the federal authorities increased the mounted charges for protected class from Rs400 to Rs600, whereas these within the non-protected class will now pay Rs1,500, up from Rs1,000.
For non-protected consumers whose gas consumption exceeds 1.5 cubic hectometres (hm³), mounted charges have been raised from Rs2,000 to Rs3,000, it acknowledged.
Regardless of the hike in mounted charges, the precise gas tariffs stay unchanged, the notification clarified. The sale costs for each protected and non-protected domestic consumers, in addition to for tandoors, business items, CNG stations, and ice factories, will stay the identical.
Nevertheless, the gas sale costs for common industries, energy stations and unbiased energy producers have risen.
The event got here two days after the Financial Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cupboard accredited a revised pure gas pricing construction for the fiscal 12 months 2025–26, permitting a hike in costs for bulk consumers.
Beneath the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) Ordinance, the federal authorities is required to inform revised client gas costs inside 40 days of dedication to make sure value restoration and regulatory compliance.
The transfer additionally aligns with structural benchmarks agreed with the Worldwide Financial Fund (IMF), together with rationalisation of captive energy tariffs and a shift from cross-subsidies to direct, focused assist for low-income consumers.
The ECC determined to keep up gas costs for family consumers, with solely mounted charges re-adjusted within the domestic sector to get better asset prices.
