MOSCOW, January 30. /TASS/. Russia's gasification level increased to 74.7% by the end of 2024, compared to 73.8% at the beginning of last year, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak wrote in his column for the Energy Policy magazine.
"At the end of 2024, Russia’s gasification level was 74.7% (at the beginning of 2024 - 73.8%)," he said.
Earlier, the Russian state program Energy Development stated that in 2024 the gasification level would reach 74.7%, in 2025 - 75%, in 2026 - 75.8%, in 2027 - 76.7%.
In June 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed Gazprom and the relevant departments to ensure the completion of gasification of the Russian regions in two stages - by 2024 and by 2030. As a result, by the end of 2030 the average gasification level in Russia is expected to reach 82.9%.