What awaits consumers in looming cooking gas regulations

A petrol station attendant carrying a cooking gas cylinder in Nyeri.[Kibata Kihu, Standard] BELOW: The Energy regulator has crafted new rules that are expected to improve marketing of LPG and access for users including small traders.

Kenyans will lose freedom of visiting any petrol station and buying cooking gas without regard to the brand of gas cylinder they hold with new Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) regulations set to come into effect.

The Energy Regulation Commission (ERC) said it has finalised the new regulations, which will abolish the LPG gas cylinder exchange pool created nine years ago with the aim of easing access to fuel.