- Unprotected category to pay RS1,500, against RS1,000.
- Despite the hike, the real gas rates remain unchanged.
- Gas selling prices for bulk consumers have increased.
Islamabad: The oil and gas regulatory authority (OGRA) announced on Sunday, revised gas prices for the financial year 2025-2026, notifying a 50% increase in fixed gas costs for national consumers, from July 1.
“The federal government, in response to the determinations of OGRA on the SNGPL (Suit Northern Gas Pipelines Limited) and SSGCL (Su Southern Gas Company Limited) of income needed income for the year 2025-26, said a revised notification on natural gas.
According to notification, the federal government has increased fixed costs for the protected category from RS400 to RS600, while those in the unprotected category will now pay 1,500 rupees, against RS1,000.
For unprotected consumers whose gas consumption exceeds 1.5 cubic hectometers (HM³), fixed charges have been increased from RS2,000 to RS3,000, he said.
Despite the increase in fixed charges, the rates of real gas remain unchanged, the notification said. Sale prices for protected and unprotected national consumers, as well as for tandoors, commercial units, GNC stations and ice factories, will remain the same.
However, gas selling prices for general industries, independent electricity power plants have increased.
Development occurred two days after the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the firm approved a revised natural gas price structure for the year 2025-26, allowing an increase in bulk consumer prices.
Under the Ordinance on the Authority for the Petroleum and Gas Regulation (OGRA), the Federal Government is required to inform the revised consumption gases prices within 40 days of determination to guarantee cost recovery and regulatory compliance.
This decision is also aligned with the structural references agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), including the rationalization of captive power prices and a passage from cross subsidies to direct and targeted support for low -income consumers.
The ECC has decided to maintain gas prices for household consumers, with only fixed costs readjusted in the internal sector to recover the costs of assets.