Today, at the office of the Public Fund for the Support and Development of National Mass Media, the Minister of Energy of Uzbekistan, Zhurabek Mirzamakhmudov, held a press conference for media representatives and bloggers on the planned liberalization of gas and electricity prices for legal entities from October 1.

The minister noted that the cost of electricity for large industrial enterprises, such as Navoi and Almalyk MMC and others, will increase to 1,000 soums per kWh, and for other legal entities - up to 900 soums. The price of gas for large enterprises and budget organizations will increase 2.7 times - up to 1,800 soums per cubic meter. For other companies and organizations, the price will increase 2.3 times - up to 1,500 soums.

The minister emphasized that price changes for the population could come into force in the spring of 2024, but only subject to a stable energy supply. It is planned that the price per kWh will be 450-500 soums.

Zhurabek Mirzamakhmudov also noted that now 85% of the population consumes no more than 300 kWh per month, but the remaining 15% of households by volume use almost the same amount of electricity as the rest of the population.