PNGRB re-evaluating performance bank guarantee rule
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) is re-evaluating a rule on performance bank guarantees for city gas companies that has benefited the likes of Adani Gas, Indian Oil and GAIL.
The current rule allows the downstream regulator to reduce the performance bank guarantees (PBG) required of city gas licensees to 40% of the initial amount after they have completed their minimum work programme (MWP). Recently, PNGRB allowed a reduction in the PBG by GAIL Gas Ltd and Indian Oil Adani Gas Pvt Ltd after the two entities completed their MWP in their respective licensed areas of Bengaluru and Daman.
