In an effort to boost natural gas sales the use of natural gas is being expanded considerably, according to amended provisions in a Development Ministry draft bill tabled in Parliament yesterday. These include the compulsory use of natural gas in departments and agencies of the wider public sector in all new residential or office buildings in areas that the Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) plans to supply in the near future and in all manufacturing and industrial facilities. Further, residents of apartment blocks may decide by simple majority, rather than unanimously as hitherto required, to substitute natutal gas for diesel in central heating systems.
(From Kathimerini English Edition 15.07.03)