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Home gas delivery prices become the prisoner of supply and demand

Published on January 13, 2020

Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn The price of gas delivered at your home will not be regulated by the Agency for Regulation and Control of Hydrocarbons (ARCH) and will be subject to the free supply and demand of the product, said Juan Manuel Rodríguez, regional director of the institution. This comes after citizen requests that ARCH […]

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