The Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board on Wednesday said a number of taxi companies have complained that they may be forced to cut down on their operations due to a shortage in liquefied petroleum gas for automobiles.

LTFRB Chairman Thomson Lantion said he plans to summon owners of auto LPG stations to corroborate reports of auto LPG shortage being experienced by Metro Manila taxi companies. He said some companies have complained that they no longer know which LPG stations still has supply because of the shortage.

The Department of Energy on Tuesday said it expects LPG supply in Metro Manila to normalize in two weeks after high demand and a delay in imports caused a shortage.

Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes said Liquigaz, which supplies 70 percent of the consumers in the entire Luzon, has a current LPG supply of 11,000 metric tons. The company is expecting another shipment to arrive in the next two weeks.

The DOE-LPG Task Force, meanwhile, debunked reports that the shortage in LPG supply was due to hoarding.