The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) began a public hearing on Thursday (October 29) on proposals to revise government and private liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices.
The hearing started at 10am at BIAM Foundation in New Eskaton, Dhaka, and will continue until 4pm.
The proposals also include changes to storage and bottling, distributor and retailer charges for private LPG.
LPG operators, storage and bottling companies, and distributors submitted the proposals to the commission. The hearing was arranged under Section 34(6) of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission Act, 2003, to gather stakeholders’ opinions.
The operators submitted the proposals on October 18. BERC will review the opinions and proposals before deciding on LPG prices and related charges.
-AJM