Cooking gas price float delayed to June 30
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The Energy Policy Administration Committee Friday decided to postpone floating the price of cooking gas to June 30 from Friday, pending its complete implementation of measures to ease the cost burden of consumers.
Energy Minister Pongsak Ruktapongpisal said the committee had assigned PTT to set up a call centre to allow people eligible to buy liquefied petroleum gas at the existing price to confirm their eligibility via text messages and work with LPG retailers on this confirmation. The current price of LPG for household consumption is Bt18.13 per kilogram.
The committee also approved in principle the use of Bt100 million from the Oil Fund to conduct a programme to ease consumers’ burden from the upcoming flotation of the household LPG price. The Oil Fund Committee will work out the details of the programme.
The Nation
