Dealers to set gas price by end January Thursday 31 December 2020 FILE PHOTO: An NP gas station at the O’Meara Road and Churchill Roosevelt Highway intersection in Arima. NP gas stations will be sold to private owners who will be able to set their own gas prices by the end of January 2021. - ROGER JACOB ENERGY Minister Franklin Khan on Wednesday told Newsday he will initiate a free market in the retail sale of gasoline by the end of January, but not on January 1, 2021 as commonly but wrongly believed. He also promised to tell drivers the wholesale price paid by dealers for their gas so that they might make informed choices.