Unified tariff on gas pipelines from September

In yet another reform initiative in the oil and gas sector, pipeline operators in the country may shift to a unified or pooled tariff regime for inter-connected cross-country gas pipelines from September 1.

A unified tariff may do away with levy of multiple tariffs on customers, ensuring equitable distribution of gas and uniform gas-based economic development across the country. The current system of tariff determination leads to multiple pipeline tariffs on customers who have contracted for gas which flows from multiple pipeline operators.According to official sources, downstream oil and gas regulator, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board has finalised the draft regulation on unified tariff and would fix the tariff by August-end and implement it from the first day of Sept.