More power and wider scope: Amended PNGRB Act, 2006 in the offing

Will give regulator more clarity on how to deal with a barrage of litigations by city gas firms

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) Act, 2006, is likely to be amended after the elections. If so, it is set to give the regulator (PNGRB) more clarity on how to deal with a barrage of litigations by city gas distributors (CGDs) against its orders to notify them as common carriers, officials told Business Standard.

An amended Act will also give the PNGRB a wider scope to deal with new fuels such as biogas, and green hydrogen. These are increasingly becoming key parts of the energy ecosystem, they added.

The government currently recognises natural gas pipelines as either