With the Firjan SENAI Natural Gas Distribution Tariff Calculator, it is possible to simulate the total gas bill amount for the consumer based on the consumer's purchase volume in each segment. In the state of Rio de Janeiro, the latest decision by the State Regulatory Agency indicated a reduction in the final price of gas for consumers.

The calculator has been updated with the current prices in each state. Launched at the end of 2022, the new version includes tariff adjustment data until the end of the first half of 2023. To download the tool, click on the link: https://www.firjan.com.br/firjan/empresas/competitividade-empresarial/petroleoegas/dados-gas.htm

In July of this year, Petrobras announced a new average reduction of 7.1% in the prices of natural gas for distributors, which came into effect on August 1st. With quarterly adjustments, the cumulative decrease in the selling prices of contracts between the supplier and the distributors has already reached approximately 25% for the year.

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These adjustments are passed on to state-level piped gas distributors, who must update their tariffs for residential, commercial, industrial, and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) segments. In Rio de Janeiro, consumers in the interior of the state saw an average reduction of 4.1% in CEG Rio's tariff, while the metropolitan region served by CEG experienced an average reduction of 2.5% in gas costs in the month of August.

Using an industrial consumer with a demand of 10,000 m³/day as a basis, when comparing this new table with the one in effect between May and July, the average reduction in the natural gas tariff for CEG and CEG Rio was 4% and 5%, respectively. In this scenario, the interior of Rio de Janeiro maintains the second most competitive tariff in the Southeast region, while the Metropolitan Region of Rio ranks fifth.

Comgás, in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, continues to have the most competitive tariff in the Southeast region. ESGás, in Espírito Santo, ranks third, followed by Gasmig in Minas Gerais in fourth place. Other São Paulo concessionaires, Naturgy São Paulo Sul and GasBrasiliano, ranked sixth and seventh, respectively.

In addition to the Southeast region comparison, for an industrial consumer with a demand of 10,000 m³/day, it is also possible to compare with other distributors in the country. In this scenario, CEG Rio has the ninth most competitive tariff. CEG ranks fifteenth among the 19 distributors nationwide that were analyzed.

The calculator considers 19 out of the 27 natural gas distributors in the country, which provide the tariffs practiced by each state in the natural gas market. The tool calculates the final natural gas consumer tariff for the captive market, which includes the cost of acquiring the natural gas molecule, transport tariff, distribution margin, and taxes.