IGL advises C&I sector customers to draw gas within 80% usage limit

Following up on the government's directive to regulate gas supply to priority areas in light of the West Asia crisis, Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL), the country’s largest city gas distributor, on Wednesday advised its commercial and industrial (C&I) customers to draw gas within the prescribed limit.

- SUDHEER PAL SINGH

Issuing an advisory, the company said that as per information received from upstream supplier GAIL, supplies to all C&I customers are being restricted to 80 per cent of their average consumption for the past six months, effective from 6am on March 11.

It added that the advisory aligns with the government's gazette notification of March 9, and that customers are requested to make best endeavours to maintain drawal within 80 percent.

With the ongoing conflict in West Asia disrupting liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, and key suppliers announcing the force majeure clause, the government invoked the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 on March 9 to divert natural gas to the economy’s priority sectors.