25% leap in gas levy 'justifiable', Cabinet told

25% leap in gas levy 'justifiable', Cabinet told
Cabinet was told the increase in gas levies was so small it would make no difference to households. (Image: Depositphotos)
Ian Llewellyn
Cabinet agreed to an increase of more than 20% to the gas levy customers pay because they believed it would have little overall impact on household expenses and commercial users’ costs.The new levies came into force on July 1, with the impost on each household connection increasing from $5.28 to $6.63 – a 25.31% increase from last year. There are about 300,000 gas connections.The levy for large gas users, such as Methanex, increased from 1.1445c per gigajoule (GJ) to 1.3997c a GJ.For commercial customers, this was estimated to be ar...

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