Moldova: the volume of natural gas consumption in April 2024 amounted to 29.4 million cubic meters, which is 35.7% lower than in the same period of 2023.
Moldovagaz press service reported this, noting that, compared to March 2024, this indicator decreased by 72.1 million cubic meters (-71%). Household consumers, as of April 30, 2024, repaid 95.8% of the amounts invoiced for 2024 consumption, down by 0.8 percentage points from the same period last year. In the case of non-household consumers (legal entities), the share of payments reached 97.5%, which is 2 percentage points higher than in the same period of the previous year. In the case of enterprises from the heating sector, the payment rate amounted to 100%, which is 17.7 p.p. higher than in April 2023. During the reporting period, 810 consumption points were disconnected from the network, whose owners owed 13.7 million lei to the supplier. At the same time, 381 consumers were switched to advance payment, due to the earlier suspension of supplies for failure to pay the cost of consumed natural gas on time. According to Moldovagaz, as of April 30, the level of payment for the consumed natural gas covered 97.7% of the supply volume and amounted to 5 billion 325 million lei, which is 20.9% less than in the same period last year due to the significant changes in tariffs over this period. // 14.05.2024 - InfoMarket.
