fact. The government ordered consumers to repay the debt to QazaqGaz Aimak for gas previously supplied by the end of 2026. remark. According to the government press service, Deputy Prime Minister Nurlibek Nalibayev held a special meeting on measures to reduce the debt of energy production organizations for supplied natural gas. "As a result of the meeting, regional akims and energy plants were instructed to ensure the repayment of the debt for the gas supplied by the end of this year, as well as to prevent its accumulation in the future." As we wrote earlier, at the beginning of September, the total debt of consumers for commercial gas to QazaqGaz Aimaq JSC reached 102.6 billion tenge. Moreover, the bulk of this amount falls not on the population, but on large consumers; Their debt amounts to 73.65 billion tenge (72% of the total debt). At the same time, it remains to be understood where, for example, Mengistao Nuclear Power Plant LLP will find, for example, 36.51 billion tenge without raising the electricity tariff?