Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission issued a notice, decided at 0:00 on the on June 1 from the gasoline and diesel prices were reduced by 230 yuan per ton and 220 yuan, the factory base price of domestic onshore natural gas increased 230 yuan per thousand cubic meters, and further improved management of natural gas prices, improve the relevant pricing policies.
Notice that according to recent changes in international oil prices, considering the current economic situation at home and abroad, domestic oil market supply and demand, in accordance with the current oil price formation mechanism, decided to lower oil prices.
Notice also pointed out that the current domestic natural gas prices significantly lower, and other alternative energy price ratio reasonable. Have carried out around the gas instead of oil, war on natural gas as feedstock and fuel energy-intensive projects, supply of resources. To promote resource conservation, rationalize natural gas and other alternative energy price ratio between natural gas and guide rational allocation of resources, improve market supply, the state decided to appropriately raise the base price of domestic onshore natural gas factory.
Notice also will be part of the oil and gas field one or two files were merged gas prices, abolition of the price "dual system"; further expand the range of price fluctuations, supply and demand sides to allow the base price of the factory, based on 10% of the float, float downward within the open consultation specific price. Around the principle requirements in accordance with the highest retail gasoline prices not less than 0.75:1 straighten out the relationship between the parity price of natural gas vehicle, to maintain reasonable gas price ratio car.
Notice requirements, that in connection with local conditions, reasonable arrangements for natural gas sales price. Gas price adjustment for residents, according to the established procedure and hearing. Overall arrangements for the grant of the disadvantaged groups, to ensure that low-income groups, not because of civil natural gas sales price decreased standard of living adjustment. Vehicle gas prices adjusted to properly handle the gas prices around the adjusted incremental operating costs of the taxi impact. Taxi tariffs have been established with the local fuel price linkage mechanism may be appropriate to ease taxi tariffs; not established linkage mechanism where payment of temporary subsidies can take measures to alleviate the gas price increase impact on the taxi industry. (Ching Feng)