Gas distribution device in the low-rise residential sector on the outskirts of NovosibirskMOSCOW, Jan 25 free connection of households to gas as part of the post-gasification program has exceeded 590 thousand, the government of the Russian Federation reports following a regular meeting of the Federal Gasification Headquarters chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. over 33,000 applications for secondary gasification were submitted in the regions. «The total number of accepted applications has reached 593,000, 191,000 contracts have already been concluded,» the release says, citing Novak's words. in Russia at the end of 2021 reached 72%, Novak said, but stressed that it is necessary to further increase these rates. “At the same time, support measures for laying gas within the site have so far been taken only in 63 regions,” he added. In 2021, on behalf of the President, the Russian government began to introduce a socially oriented gasification system. It involves a gradual increase in the level of gasification of the country from 71% in 2020 to 82.9% in 2030, as well as the implementation in 2021-2022 of accelerated regasification of households in already gasified regions without attracting funds from citizens. For bringing the gas pipeline to the borders of land plots, now responsible for a single gasification operator, which appointed the company «Gazprom gasification» in 72 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, as well as regional operators. gasification operator
