Consumers May Soon Switch Gas Suppliers

New Delhi: In a movement similar to mobile number portability, cooking gas consumers can change their suppliers without changing their existing connections and offer more options and improved service. The Petroleum Regulator Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) invited stakeholders and consumers to their views on LPG co -operability framework.

In a public notification, PNGB also said that consumers often have limited alternatives and cause difficulties when a local distributor is faced with operational restrictions. “There may be other reasons, and the consumer must have the freedom to choose on the LPG company/seller, especially when the cylinder price is the same,” the Petroleum regulator said.

Although working in the telecom sector has been adopted very successfully in India, the same thing has not happened in the LPG sector. “The latest reports from various regions have emphasized a number of supply interruptions and long -term delays in LPG reproduction delivery dating back to a few weeks in some cases. Such service interruptions have caused difficulties to households and commercial organizations, especially in areas where local distributors encounter or operational restrictions.” He said.

However, contrary to the cellular services that consumers have the option to switch between different mobile companies, the return of 2014 LPG consumers, not the oil company, but not only the options for changing dealers. For example, an Indian gas consumer from the Indian Oil Corporation had the option to choose from the surrounding gas dealers. However, consumer Bharat oil did not move to Bharat gas or Hindustan oil HPGAs, because the portability between companies was not legally possible.

Now, consumers will be offered options to change their dealers according to their will, as PNGRB tries to allow inter -company portability. “In order to strengthen the continuity of the LPG supply and to maintain consumer trust, PNGRB, measures that can facilitate time access to consumers from consumers, distributors, non -governmental organizations, non -governmental organizations and other stakeholders, consumers from the present network to provide the nearest distributor, especially through the developed coordination and flexible delivery arrangements, especially for the regulatory time, especially for the regular time, especially for the regulatory time, especially for the regulatory. It is times ..

PNGRB said in a statement that India provides a scope of households close to a universal LPG. “However, permanent consumer complaints remain above 17 Lakh a year. While oil marketing companies (OMCs) strive to address complaints, consumers do not have the option to migrate from an OMC/LPG dealer to another.” added its importance.