YEREVAN, APRIL 16, NOYAN TAPAN. No change in the established tariffs of electricity, natural gas and drinking water is envisaged this year. According to a press release of the RA Public Services Regulatory Commision, after the end of the Armenian government's subsidizing - starting from May 1st, users will have to pay for gas supply by the tariffs, which were established by the Commission as early as November 2006: users of up to 10 thousand cubic meters of natural gas a month will have to pay 84 thousand drams, while those using over 10 thousand cubic meters will have to pay a sum equivalent to 153.26 USD. To recap, in February 2008, Yerevan Jur company submitted a bid for raising the drinking water tariff to the Commission. It is proposed fixing the tariff at 185.8 drams instead of the current 172.8 drams for a cubic meter.

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