Big Gas Price Hike
Expected Next Week
The Autoridad Reguladora
de los Servicios
Públicos (Aresep) says
it is expecting a huge
increase in the price of
gasoline as the state
refinery, RECOPE, gears
up to make its monthly
request by next Friday.
Aresep officials believe
that the jump could be
as more than ¢30 colones
per litre, following the
increase in the price of
crude oil on
international markets
when it reached us$106 a
barrel on Thursday.
Although RECOPE still
has to formulate and
present its request,
Aresep officials are
rumouring, in preparing
the public for the jolt,
of price increases of
between ¢30 and ¢32
colones for super and
regular gasoline and
between ¢35 and ¢37
colones for a litre of
diesel.
The current price of
gasoline that went into
effect Thursday is ¢565
for a litre of super;
¢553 for regular; and
¢511 for diesel.
The expected increase is
sure to worry drivers as
it directly affects
their pocketbooks. |
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