Overview
- A contract addendum that Agenersa homologated Thursday sets the legal basis for price cuts across vehicle, residential, and industrial gas in Rio.
- The government projects reductions of about 6.5% for vehicle natural gas, 6% for industrial supply, and 2.5% for residential service.
- Naturgy will compute the exact tariffs and submit them to Agenersa for approval, with new rates taking effect only after publication in the state’s Official Gazette.
- About 1.5 million drivers who use vehicle natural gas could see lower fill-up costs, as the measure targets a market that lost competitiveness and saw use fall by roughly 30%.
- Rio is Brazil’s main vehicle-gas market and a leading gas producer, and Petrobras says higher domestic output—now around 50–52 million m³ per day—helps hold prices down, as April data showed GNV fell 1.24% while gasoline rose 1.86%.