Updated: Gas prices rise
Liquigas this evening announced an increase in gas prices, blaming high international prices.
The company said the 12kg cylinder, which is the mostly widely used, now costs €20.60 up by €1 euro since the last increase, also of €1, in September.
The 15kg cylinder costs €25.80, up by €1.30
The increase was announced just as Finance Minister Tonio Fenech started his Budget speech. Later in the speech the minister announced a €10 increase in the gas component of the energy benefit given by the government to 24,000 needy families.
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James Borg
Nov 30th 2012, 06:02
What's not rising on this small island!! The wages for those who barely make it to the end of the week. Constant rises in fuel, gas, postage rates and so on and so forth. Where's the competition between the gas companies that should bring prices down if there is competition after all.
C. Bartoli
Nov 29th 2012, 14:21
For those who live in flats and maisonettes and for all those who have no permission to install panels on their roofs they can buy a heat pump which will not only provide them with hot wate but also dehumidifying and heating of the house.
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Nov 29th 2012, 16:42
What's a heat pump? How does it work? On what does it run?
M Vella
Nov 29th 2012, 17:31
@C. Bartoli, can you please give us more information on heat pump,thank you.
Victor Spiteri
Nov 30th 2012, 07:54
A heat pump is basically an AC running on heating....
pat muscat
Nov 29th 2012, 14:13
The real budget has started early this year; God knows what is in store for us from the 1st of January!
John Azzopoardi
Nov 29th 2012, 13:16
that is a lot of money for a gas cylinder.............this is how malta is always able to finance stipends, free healthcare and cutting taxes on the rich. by hitting everyone........with these type of taxes and people get fooled.
Chris Finch
Nov 29th 2012, 09:45
When the price of post went up, I predicted this was the start of a raft of price increases and I was right.
I predicted gas would go up €1
petrol 4c
Diesel 5c
Today we see Gas up €1
Petrol up 2c and Diesel up 2c.
I bet tomorrow we will see petrol up another 2c and diesel up due to the "cost of price increases on the international market" despite oil prices dropping.
simon ellul sullivan
Nov 29th 2012, 07:30
then stop using Gas ! install pv or wind or use something that won't kill the planet sooner rather than alter...do you all not get it ?
John Smith
Nov 29th 2012, 08:42
Unfortunately those who live in flats and maisonettes not all of them have the permission to install panels on their roofs.
C. Bartoli
Nov 29th 2012, 14:16
@John Smith, for all those who live in flats and maisonettes and for those who have no permission to install panels on their roofs can install a heat pump.
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Nov 29th 2012, 16:44
Simon no I do not get it. How am I supposed to heat the house without gas or electricity? True there is always a wood fire or coal. But what do you suggest?
Paul Pace
Nov 29th 2012, 07:23
Where is Easygas?
Do they still supply gas?
At what price?
It is good to know, where is the competition?
Peter spiteri
Nov 29th 2012, 06:47
Why is this company ALLOWED to increase the price of gas almost every month? At this rate gas will be more of a LUXURY than a COMMODITY.
M Grima
Nov 29th 2012, 03:13
Why all this moaning? The majority of the Maltese electorate voted for GonziPN which stands for inefficiency, mismanagement, jobs for the boys, wrong priorities, missed opportunities, astronomical cost of living, cooked statistics and no accountability. Well, you got what you bargained for!!!!!
John Cassar
Nov 29th 2012, 00:42
We definitely need a change. The LPG price hike means that we are footing the cost of the new Liquigas plant. MRA is simply a rubber stamp. Local shareholder of Liquigas is one of the big benefactors of PN.
Hope that PL will check the costings that they have presented to MRA to verify facts.
Joe Grech
Nov 28th 2012, 21:32
In Malta under this administration the rich are getting richer; the poor are getting poorer. Hopefully there will be a much needed change in government as this lot are too fragmented and tired to deliver.
Ronnie Callus
Nov 28th 2012, 21:42
Exactly so Joe.We are riverting back to the sixties.The middle class is diminishing if not already diminished and the poor getting more poorer.
Robert Cachia
Nov 28th 2012, 21:48
this budget has really given incentives to the middle class with the income tax revision to the average earners
Gordon Farrugia
Nov 28th 2012, 21:56
Robert - the man on the street rarely reaches the 35% bracket!
B Ellul
Nov 29th 2012, 06:29
What do you pretend that the gov subsidies your gas cyclinder and I pay for it?
Christine Farrugia
Nov 28th 2012, 20:51
it will be 150% more in a years time
M Vella
Nov 28th 2012, 20:39
We have to find our own gas and oil , that is the only solution, just look at Libya our neighbour, it is drowning in oil and gas.
Schembri Ray
Nov 28th 2012, 20:30
Nitlob l'Alla li d-dinja tkompli tisħon ħalli ma tantx nixel heaters fix-xitwa. Fis-sajf indawwar id-diska bil-maqlub. Naħseb li politikant tajjeb jien?
John Dee
Nov 28th 2012, 20:15
Higher rate tax down - gas prices up. The power of wealth in action.
Kurt Falzon
Nov 28th 2012, 21:34
the average earner has benefited most from the income tax revisions. Get your facts right!
Darren Attard Bonnici
Nov 29th 2012, 15:01
What average earner Kurt? ... in my opinion Average earner is a person who make 1000 euro a month ... now how on earth do you think that person benefited from this budget... YOU need to get your facts right..
Pauline Zarb
Nov 28th 2012, 20:02
If the price of gas is increasing across the globe but what logic can we expect to be any different?
Toni Borg
Nov 28th 2012, 20:00
bye bye zieda tal budget!!!
Anna Zammit
Nov 28th 2012, 19:56
Bdejna bit-tajjeb, mela seta' ma ta xejn ghall-gholi tal-hajja ghax diga ghandna min qed jipprofetta ruhu. Nisperaw li min hu responsabbli fl-MRA iqum fuq tieghu u ma jibqax biss fuq li jghid l-importatur.
Kevin Muller
Nov 28th 2012, 19:52
Let's face it- fossil energy prices will know only one direction-up! It doesn't help to moan about the prices on one side but still building houses in a mediocre style with limestone, cheap drafty aluminium windows and no insulation at all. The additional costs of such investments will pay off faster each time energy prices rise and have additional advantages like avoiding humidity problems.
E Gatt
Nov 28th 2012, 19:52
The world price of gas increases, and the government of Malta gets the blame.
You’ve just got to love this logic.
T Gauci
Nov 28th 2012, 20:10
Madoff ezzat fil gurnata tal budget xkumbinazjoni!
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Nov 29th 2012, 16:48
Gatt, stop excusing this government. The price of gas is now higher than in England and Germany! If they can get cheaper gas, why cannot we? What is the government going to do about it- reason like you anjust watch prices go up? This will only lead to social inequality and unrest. But for GonziPN, he's alright Jack!
N Zahra
Nov 28th 2012, 19:43
Unfortunately they're not bluffing us. Natural gas prices have nearly doubled on the commodities markets since April 2012. Anyone interested can check this link: http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity=natural-gas
mike Dobson
Nov 28th 2012, 19:40
What not again, the maltese are having a laugh for sure, its bad enough for most of us expats having to pay 30% more then the indiginous/locals for our utilitiy bills,& now the blooming gas, what choice has one got now that winter is approaching, and your minister increased your cost of living by 4€ +, funny ha haha ha. just a minute while i jot it down for my book on local dry jokes.
Nikolai Calleja
Nov 28th 2012, 21:46
I bet that back in your native home, energy and gas is less than Malta or maybe free!! Maybe you can add this to your local joke book!!
Paul Bajada
Nov 28th 2012, 19:37
il gas barra minn Malta rahas u Malta joghla!
Daniel Dimech
Nov 28th 2012, 19:37
jien jidhirli li gew iprivatizzati halli jkun hawn il kompetizzjoni u prezz tajjeb fis suq !!! hallas gahan malti u iddefendi l indefendibbli !! x biki ta pajjiz
j brincat
Nov 28th 2012, 19:36
Ooooops, here we go again!
This is the Real Budget - holes in our already threadbare pockets.
Privatisation of Enemalta's Gas Division - another brainchild of GonziPN which has cost the poor consumers dearly!
(jb)
Joseph Zahra
Nov 28th 2012, 19:36
Jigifieri la jitla l-partit lejburista il-gass se jgibu xi €10? id-diesel u l-petrol jirhos ukoll ghal li kien qabel. Ir-realta hija li madwarna il-prezzijiet tal-gass, diesel u petrol dejjem jizdiedu u zgur mhux gej JM u se jikkonvincini li se jrahhashom jekk jitla l-PL.
Mr Emmanuel Muscat
Nov 28th 2012, 19:36
Bomba fi zmien li nuzaw il gas heaters ..
Cherise Cachia
Nov 28th 2012, 19:32
Seriously......budget mimli inizjattivi positivi, investiment u tishih tal-ekonomija li at the end of the day we will all benefit from and we're going to try and blame the decision of a PRIVATE COMPANY on the government. Maturity where are you?!
effie stafrace
Nov 28th 2012, 19:48
yes maturity where are you?so just because this is a private company we leave it to do what it wants.where is the regulator?show us proof of why you are rising the prices.we the consumers have ever right to know.
Lawrence Attard
Nov 28th 2012, 19:48
Do you know where, I'll tell you ...in the ballot box come election day! Ahjar meta konna "aghar".
Jennifer Borg
Nov 28th 2012, 19:54
I fully agree with you Cherise! Moaning and groaning when truly and really we should be thankful for the amazing results achieved!
saviour frendo
Nov 28th 2012, 19:55
are you serious in what you are saying...4 euro to make up for last year's increase in cost of living and now in this budget we get...... 2cents increase in petrol
2 cents increase in diesel. 1 euro on gas
increase in cement, cigarettes, tabacco, vat and expecting more....COME ON!!!!!!
Chris Spiteri
Nov 28th 2012, 19:31
We'll soon be listening to Muscat explain that a future Labour government will reduce the price of gas.
But how? When? And by how much?
j brincat
Nov 28th 2012, 19:40
Never heard him say so - perhaps you live in a distant planet?
This is the result of GonziPN's privatisation process having gone haywire!
Enjoy!!!
(jb)
Marthese Vella
Nov 28th 2012, 19:31
So tell us Dr Muscat how are you going to run the country with a gas plant?
Paul Mizzi
Nov 28th 2012, 19:31
The service was given to foreigners. Now we have to suffer the consequencies. There is no real competition in this sector. There are no controls either. What a shameful situation this government has put us in.
Alexandra MalliaBorg
Nov 28th 2012, 19:31
Cost of living what cost of living we need it now to make up for the increases, what a waste of bloody time eh, typical tosspots, Henry Vella returned migrant (decided to go back) better off then malta.
Christina Camilleri
Nov 28th 2012, 19:29
News flash to those blaming this on the government.....Tonio Fenech is not the man making the decisions for Liquigas since its a private company...but I guess thats too much to figure for someone who's only source of information is One News!
Dylan Abela
Nov 28th 2012, 19:42
Can you please tell us who sold the gas company to foreigners then? Please, enlighten me.
Cher Cassar
Nov 28th 2012, 19:27
This only reflects the increase in the international oil & gas prices!!!!!!!! we can't do otherwise
John Gatt
Nov 28th 2012, 19:26
and labour wants to turn the power station to work with gas... and wants us to believe the tariffs can be lower!!
Anthony Mizzi
Nov 28th 2012, 19:36
And the PN are COMMISSIONing studies to switch to gas!
Even fuel prices in the uK have been reduced TODAY and yet only.in.malta.com , there is an increase in fuel price!
Explain that SMART guy!
Joseph Borg
Nov 28th 2012, 19:26
Erga huda lura iz zieda tal hajja u halli il gas kif kien ghax iktar jaqbel ghal poplu sur gvern.
Ethelbert Schembri
Nov 28th 2012, 19:25
This is the real budget !!!
effie stafrace
Nov 28th 2012, 19:25
then bye bye part of the 4e cost of living increase
Charles Massa
Nov 28th 2012, 19:23
Xieraq jigi jiftahar li budget bla taxxi. Hallina Gonzipn
Alvin Vella
Nov 28th 2012, 19:21
At least we know the increase is a result of the international prices of gas.
Martin Saliba
Nov 28th 2012, 19:26
Al least i know a fool when i see one .
Peter Murray
Nov 28th 2012, 19:20
Also now we have greater storage capacity we can now buy more gas in bulk purchase cant we?What are these high international prices and when did Liquigas buy it at this high price?
Joseph Micallef
Nov 28th 2012, 19:19
Diga hadhom l-EUR4 zieda!! GonziPN.
GonziPN jidhaq bik u jkompli jidhaq bik!!!
Carl Mizzi
Nov 28th 2012, 19:24
jaqaw tixtri xi 5 cilindri fix xahar inti?
Alvin Vella
Nov 28th 2012, 19:27
Issa tohodhom lura minghand Muscat is-sena d-diehla. Cash minghand il-Labour.
R. Cilia
Nov 28th 2012, 19:30
Jekk il-budget ma jghaddix il 4 ewro ma nohduhomx imma l-gas xorta ghola 1 ewro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maria Farrugia
Nov 28th 2012, 19:35
Mr Micallef ma nahsibx li il-flus fl-gholi tal-gas se johodhom lura l-gvern. Anzi ghandek ghalfejn tghid li l-Partit Nazzjonalista qieghed jahseb ghal dawn iz-zidied. Il-Gvern tal-Labour huwa dak li jidhaq bik ghaliex qied iwieghed hafna affarijiet li nixtieq infakrek li tiga kellu kummenti kontrijom u ma jghidilniex kif se jwettaqhom.
Joseph Micallef
Nov 28th 2012, 19:44
Jekk jitla Gonzi, mhux l-4 euro jiehu izda l-500 Euro plus l-4 euro fil-gimgha!!! GonziPN ma tistax tafdah!!
Kevin Bonello
Nov 28th 2012, 19:48
Ma jixtrix 5 cilindri fix xahar imma jolew hafna affarijiet.. Jek ghandek gasheater, geyser tal gas ghax minalik se tifranka, Ikel minn restaurants, takeaways etc! Jew ma tmurx tiekol barra Carl ghax ma tlahhaqx malhajja?!
Joseph Bugeja
Nov 28th 2012, 20:01
@ Alvin Vella
Mela tammetti li zburbjajtu l-kaxxa ta' Malta! 6 biljun dejn. Vera serji. Fanfri bi flus il-poplu. Isthu jekk tafu!
Peter Murray
Nov 28th 2012, 19:17
From when are they effective?
David Farrugia
Nov 28th 2012, 19:22
Immediately, otherwise illegal hoarding will take place
Charles W. Sammut
Nov 28th 2012, 19:23
Yesterday.
Peter Murray
Nov 28th 2012, 20:10
why not say so then by all concerned say or is this increase presumed automatic as Liquigas just bought it an hour ago did they?
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