Rio de Janeiro Opens Free Gas Market to Industrial Consumers, Ending Legal Dispute

Rio de Janeiro's acting governor signed an agreement allowing industrial consumers with minimum consumption of 10,000 m³/day to migrate to the free gas market, ending a judicial dispute that had suspended new migrations. The measure provides legal security for already formalized requests and enables direct purchase from producers, potentially increasing competition and lowering costs for industries. This marks a regulatory shift in Brazil's gas market liberalization, with implications for energy pricing and industrial competitiveness.