Bulgarian gas monopoly Bulgargaz said on Monday
it plans to ask the regulator to approve a 6.61% decrease in the price at which
the company sells natural gas to its wholesale clients in the third quarter of
2015.
The tariff of 489.10 levs ($279/250 euro) per 1,000 cu m proposed
by Bulgargaz does not include Value Added Tax and excise duties, the company
said in a notice on its website.
It reflects an expected drop in the
price which Bulgargaz will pay for gas supplies in the July-September period,
the company added.
Bulgargaz will make public its final proposal for
third-quarter natural gas prices on June 10, upon submitting it with the energy
regulator.
The adjustment in the wholesale tariff, made on a quarterly
basis, must be approved by the energy regulator to take effect.
Bulgargaz
is a subsidiary of the state-owned Bulgarian Energy Holding.
Bulgaria
imports almost all the natural gas it needs from Russia through a pipeline
crossing the territories of Ukraine, Moldova and Romania.