Transnistria plans to pay 100% for the current gas supplies from Russia by 2012, stated Transnistrian Minister of Industry, Pyotr Stepanov, RBC Agency informs.

The same source noted that to achieve this goal, it is planned to increase the gas tariffs for final consumers in Transnistria, because the current ones do not cover the purchase price and the cost price for gas provision.

Also, the minister stressed that Transnistria is to reduce at the same time the consumption of imported energy resources.

According to Stepanov, once the gas price rise, the question of using energy conservation technologies, such as river energy, wind energy and biofuel, becomes topical in the region. "All these, certainly, will not replace the main energy sources, but will reduce the Transnistria's dependence on such resources", he said.

The publication also specifies that at present Tiraspol buys gas from Gazprom at 170 USD per one thousand cubic meters. In 2008, the gas price in Transnistria will amount to 192.75 USD per one thousand cubic meters.

Referring to Transnistria's debt for Russian gas, the Transnistrian minister said that in 2007 the region's arrears increased by more than 100 mln USD, and the total amount of debt, including penalties, totals 1.5 bn USD. // BASA-Press


Publication date: 26 December 2007   

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