ArmInfo.On January 1, 2022, gas tariffs for consumers will not increase in Armenia, Chairman of the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) Garegin Baghramyan told reporters on November 10 at the National Assembly.
"I can say that the tariff for consumers from January 1, unequivocally, will not change, because all the deadlines (for filing applications from Gazprom Armenia, ed. note) have already been passed," Baghramyan said, adding that negotiations with the Russian side are continuing.
As for the electricity tariff, then, according to the head of the Regulator, the discussions are still ongoing and it will be possible to draw conclusions only after the final balances are received at the end of November or at the beginning of December. "The electricity tariff also depends on how the negotiations on the gas tariff at the border will end," Baghramyan explained.
It should be noted that the tariff for gas is being adjusted from January 1 (last revised in July), for electricity - from February 1. In case of applying with the relevant application, PSRC will consider it within 80 working days. The rate will be determined from the end of the specified 80 business days and will take effect after 30 days.
Earlier - In an interview with reporters on October 20, Head of the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) of Armenia, Garegin Baghramyan, refrained from confirming whether there will be an increase in gas and electricity tariffs in 2022. According to him, everything will depend on the agreements reached on the price of gas at the border. "The negotiations on price of gas at the border are underway, moreover, complex negotiations are underway that concern all property managed by Gazprom Armenia and include the issue of gas prices at the border, the issue of Hrazdan-5, and the issue of the gas supply system. All will depend on the agreements reached," he said. In any case, as Garegin Baghramyan explained, revisions in the energy system are carried out annually, regardless of whether this affects the end consumer or not. That is, the process of internal tariff revisions is already underway. As the head of the PSRC explained, everything will depend on the forecast data on the balances of electric energy and capacity in the energy system.
It should be reminded, gas price for Armenia on the border with Georgia from the beginning 2019 was determined at $ 165 per thousand cubic meters. From January 1, 2019, the period of validity of a 5-year agreement between Yerevan and Moscow, which was based on a price of $ 150, ended. On September 15, 2021, in parliament during the government hour, Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan said that Gazprom insists that within the framework of the agreement of 2013, the amount of profit specified in the document does not satisfy them. On October 19, Mher Grigoryan told reporters that the price of Russian gas for Armenia will be preserved if it is possible to ensure the necessary profitability of the 5th unit of the Hrazdan TPP. "Gazprom" PJSC is the only gas supplier to Armenia for domestic consumption. Russian "blue fuel" supplies to consumers in Armenia are carried out by Gazprom Armenia (a subsidiary of Gazprom) in transit through the territory of Georgia.
