The price of heating energy for residential customers in Dushanbe is expected to rise nearly 15 percent this year.
The price of heating energy for residential customers has not yet been approved but the increase will be insignificant, Antimonopoly Agency officials told reporters in Dushanbe on July 17.
“If the new heating energy price for residential customers is approved it will be 1.18 somoni per square meter of floor space; the increase is insignificant compared to the current heating rate for residential customers, which is 1.03 somoni per square meter of floor space,” Mr. Azizzoda, an official with the Antimonopoly Agency, said.
Recall, a decree issued by the Tajik government on June 22 has approved new heating energy rates for Dushanbe. Heating energy prices are expected to rise beginning on September 1 this year.
Thus, the heating energy price for the Dushanbe heating system network facilities, which provide the Dushanbe residential customers with heat, will nearly double.
Under the mentioned decree, the heating energy price for the Dushanbe heating system network facilities will be raised from 8.77 somoni per gigacalorie (Gcal) to 17.00 somoni (93.8 percent increase) beginning on September 1, 2019.
The heating energy price for federally funded institutions will rise from 67.44 somoni per Gcal to 98.67 somoni (46.3 percent increase) beginning on September 1, 2019.
Last year, heating energy price for the Dushanbe heating system network facilities rose nearly 15 percent (from 7.63 somoni to 8.77 somoni). However, residential customers last year paid for heating energy at the previous rate – 1.03 somoni per square meter of floor space.
Meanwhile, private companies will have to pay for heating energy during the next heating period at the rate of 11.47 somoni per Gcal against the current 2.59 somoni per Gcal.
In Tajikistan, only Dushanbe has the centralized heating system. In the Tajik capital, the heating system starts in November and last until mid-March.
