Tuesday, January 24 2017 15:49

ArmInfo. Russian gas supplies to  Armenia decreased  from 1,92 bln cubic meters in 2015  down to 1,87   bln in 2016, or for 2,6%, the data of  Medvedev - Karapetyan  negotiations reads. 

" Armenian gas supply chain fully  depends on Russian deliveries,  implemented through the territory of Georgia. In 2016 gas supplies  volumes formed  1,87 bln cubic meters versus that of 2016 being at  the level of 1,92 bln. c, the data  states. 

In total, Gazprom allocated around USD 550 mln for funding gas energy  projects in Armenia, including the completion of construction and  rehabilitation of the fifth unit of Hrazdan  Thermal Power Plant and  Iran- Armenia gas line construction. 

To remind, Gazprom Armenia CJSC submitted a request on a new gas  tariff to the PSRC on 1 November 2016. The subscribers having a right  to social allowances and consuming less than 600 cu m of gas per  annum will pay 100 thsd AMD per 1 thsd cu m; 2. greenhouse facilities  will pay 212 conventional units per 1 thsd cu m from November 1 till  March 31; 3. processing enterprises will pay 212 conventional units  per 1 thsd cu m; 4.  subscribers consuming less than 10 thsd cu m per  month will pay 139 thsd AMD per 1 thsd cu m; 5.  subscribers  consuming more than 10 thsd cu m of gas per month will pay 242.1  conventional units per 1 thsd cu m.  For every consequent thousand of  cu m they will be charged USD 212.  Along with that, there are no  bonuses set out for gas filling stations, budget funded entities and  TPPs generating electric power for domestic consumption.