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217 residential areas will be supplied with natural gas in 2019-2022

By 2022 over 1,200,000 subscribers will have access to the natural gas in Georgia. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 05 Apr 2019 - 15:37, Tbilisi,Georgia

The government of Georgia is continuing to provide natural gas supply to areas of the country where natural gas is still not available.

About 217 areas will be gasified in 2019-2022, announces the government of Georgia.

As a result, over 1,200,000 subscribers will have access to the natural gas, meaning that about 85% of Georgia’s population will be provided with the natural gas”, read the press release published by the government of Georgia.

Last year the first phase of natural gas supply to mountainous Adjara was completed. During the first phase 11,000 subscribers of the region received access to natural gas.

More stringent gas regulations to better ensure consumer safety in Georgia

22 Jan 2019

Regulations on the provision of gas to Georgian consumers will be more stringent, announces Deputy Economy Minister Natia Turnava.

Price of natural gas to be reduced in Georgian capital, regions

26 Dec 2018

The price of natural gas will be reduced in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi as well as in the regions, announces the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission.

First stage of gasification project:
11,000 families receive natural gas in Georgia’s mountainous Adjara

26 Nov 2018

The first stage of the project for supplying natural gas to Georgia’s highland Adjara has been completed successfully and the Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze ignited a fire from the main pipeline to mark the completion of the project.

Georgia’s Samegrelo region will be completely gasified in two years

09 Nov 2018

Georgia’s Samegrelo region will be fully gasified in two years, promises Deputy Minister of Economy Natia Turnava.

How can poverty be overcome in Georgia?
Economy Minister shares views at parliament

07 Jun 2019

Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava has presented her cabinet’s vision and programme to overcome poverty in Georgia and also answered questions of opposition MPs in the parliament of Georgia today.

Additional 60 villages in Imereti region to receive gas in 2019-2021 Gasification Action Plan

29 Oct 2019

Under 2019-2021 Gasification Action Plan, the number of districts to be gasified will increase to 300, including about 60 settlements in the Imereti region, west Georgia, announces the Ministry of Economy.

Gazprom not considering lowering price of natural gas for Georgia

27 May 2020

Gazprom is not considering lowering the price of natural gas for Georgia, and says the price will remain the same, said the press service of the company to Russian news agency TASS.

Will the price of liquefied petroleum gas increase after tax amendments?

11 Jun 2020

A new excise tax mode may be imposed on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), the aim of which, its authors say, is to discourage the practice of declaring other petroleum products as excise free LPG, and to prevent tax avoidance when importing petroleum products.

90% of Georgian population to have access to natural gas in 3 years

27 Oct 2020

The government of Georgia will continue to provide natural gas supply to areas of the country where it is still not available and in three years 211 villages or 33,000 families will have access to natural gas, announced Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia today.

Georgian Restaurateurs Association: ‘increasing natural gas tariff is sadism when business is on the verge of collapse’

02 Dec 2020

Vice President of the Georgian Restaurateurs Association Shota Burjanadze has responded to Tbilisi Energy gas supply company’s decision to increase the natural gas tariff, and stated that the decision is ‘sadism when business is on the verge of collapse’.