MPs consider issues on providing gas to population
08/10/2015 09:22
MPs consider issues on providing gas to population
08/10/2015 09:22
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 7 October 2015, the Committee on the Issues of Industry, Construction and Trade of the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan held a hearing of information of the chairman of the company Uztransgaz “On activities conducted on providing the population with natural and liquefied gas: condition and prospects of development”.
The event was attended by deputies of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, heads of ministries and departments, enterprises of Uztransgaz company and mass media representatives, the press service of the Legislative Chamber said.
The main purpose of the event was to analyze the state of providing the population with natural and liquefied gas, development of proposals and recommendations for improving the legal acts in this sphere.
It should be noted that the implementation of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On measures of improving the organization of the joint-stock company Uztransgaz for No.438 of 8 August 2006 has given an opportunity to achieve concrete results.
To date, the transportation of natural gas is conducted through main gas pipeline with a length of 13, 7 thousand kilometers by 25 compressor stations, 341 gas distribution stations and 2 underground gas storage facilities.
In 2014, the Company opened a web portal JSC Uztransgaz, which provided the possibility of timely provision of real-time reliable and complete information on the reporting and accounting of used natural gas by consumers. Based on the automation of business processes, a billing system integrated with the web portal of JSC Uztransgaz and mobile electronic payment systems – UzPaynet, SMS-payments, which enables real-time adoption of electronic payments is introduced. Together with the commercial banks, network of payment for natural gas using electronic cards is being expanded.
During the preparation for the event, the Committee studied the normative-legal framework of the sphere, analyzed relevant statistical data.
- In the course of the study, the implementation of major projects on the development of the sphere, uninterrupted supply of customers with natural and liquefied gas, maintenance of common technical policy in distribution networks and gas pipeline systems and their modernization was observed, - said the deputy of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis Akmal Umaraliev. - At the same time, issues that have to be addressed and unused reserves were noted. Deputies made suggestions and recommendations for further development of this sphere.
At the meeting, it was noted that in addition to positive work there are issues waiting for their decision, which was brought to the attention. Therefore, it is important to remove causes of illegal connection to the gas networks, set a daily operational control of the gas distribution system, and improve the skills of workers of gas supply system.
During the meeting, recommendations on addressing shortcomings were given taking into account suggestions made by the participants of discussion.
Following the event, the Committee took an appropriate decision on the considered issue.
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