5.6 Authorizing entities to lay, build, operate or expand city or local natural gas distribution network, Amendment Regulation, 2014

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No. PNGRB/CGD/BID/4/2013-PRE BID.—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 61 of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006 (19 of 2006), the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board hereby makes the following regulations, namely :-— 1, Short title and commencement. (1) These regulations may be called the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Authorising — Entities to Lay, Build, Operate or Expand City or Local Natural Gas Distribution Networks) Amendment Regulations, 2014. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Authorising Entities to Lay, Build, Operate or Expand City or Local Natural Gas Distribution Networks) Regulations, 2008,— (a) in regulation 7,— (i) in sub-regulation (1),— (A) _ for clause (c), the following shall be substituted, namely:— “(c) Minimum Work Programme for infrastructure for PNG domestic connections and inch- kilometer of pipeline to be laid by the successful bidder Infrastructure for PNG domestic connections.—The Board shall work out the target for infrastructure for PNG domestic connections as five per cent of the households of the respective geographical area to be achieved by the successful bidder during the first five years from the date of grant of authorisation in Schedule D as under, namely :— (i) the successful bidder shall achieve fifteen per cent, fifty per cent, seventy per cent. and one hundred per cent of this target by the end of second year, third year, fourth year and fifth year respectively; and (ii) the Board may consider carry forward of the target from one year to another within the period of five years. Inch-kilometer_of pipeline——The Board shall work out the target for inch-kilometer of pipeline, for which both steel pipeline and MDPE pipeline shall be considered, as per the following, namely:- a for geographical areas having an area of less than or equal to 1,000 square kilometers, product of 0.65 and the area in square kilometers of the respective geographical area; (ii) for geographical areas having an area of more than 1,000 square kilometers and less than or equal to 5,000 square kilometres, product of 0.36 and the area in square kilometres of the respective geographical area subject to a minimum of 650 inch-kilometer of pipeline; (iii) for geographical areas having an area of more than 5,000 square kilometres, product of 0.07 and the area in square kilometres of the respective geographical area subject to a minimum of 1,800 aall inch-kilometer of pipeline. The target for inch-kilometer of pipeline worked out as per the above shall be achieved by the successful bidder during the first five years from the date of grant of authorisation in Schedule D as under, namely :— (i) the successful bidder shall achieve twenty per cent., fifty per cent, eighty per cent, ninety per cent and one hundred per cent of this target by the end of first year, second year, third year, fourth year and fifth year respectively covering all the charge areas; and (ii) the Board may consider carry forward of the target from one year to another within the period of five years.”. Foot Note : Principal regulations were notified vide No. G.S.R.196(E), dated 19th March, 2008 and subsequently Printed by the Manager, Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.