Today onwards, you would have to shell out more for cooking gas, as the tariff for households will increase by 4.5 per cent from Feb 1 to April 30, announced City Gas through a press release.
City Gas Pte Ltd announced that the gas tariff for households will increase by 4.5% or 0.76 cent per kilowatt hour (kWh), from 16.85 cents per kWh to 17.61 cents per kWh for the period February 1, 2017 to April 30, 2017.
This is mainly due to a 20.8% increase in fuel costs compared with the previous quarter.
City Gas reviews the gas tariffs based on guidelines set by the Energy Market Authority (EMA), the gas industry regulator. The revised gas tariffs below have been approved by EMA.