en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Board of Directors of Brazil's National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) has agreed to extend by 60 days the deadline for carriers and users to submit a joint proposal on the calculation methodology for natural gas transport tariff multipliers.

Under Resolution No. 991/2026, carriers and transporters were originally required to submit a joint proposal within 180 days (by early July). The User Committee (CdU) and the Natural Gas Pipeline Transport Enterprise Association (ATGás) jointly requested the extension, citing the dense and parallel agenda of carrier tariff reviews, which has prevented progress on the related work.

The multiplier is equivalent to a surcharge on the reference tariff, paid through short-term capacity contracts. This additional revenue received by transporters is credited to the regulatory account balance and subsequently used to reduce tariffs. However, users advocate for lowering the multiplier to further incentivize the spot market.

Resolution No. 991/2026 stipulates that the short-term multiplier level is determined by the transporter and must be proposed based on a calculation logic, subject to ANP approval during the tariff review process. The resolution also specifies that, until the multiplier definition methodology is established, the multiplier shall remain within specific ranges: 1 to 1.6 times for intraday and daily multipliers, 1 to 1.45 times for monthly multipliers, and 1 to 1.2 times for quarterly multipliers.

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