With some technical problems at the beginning of the public hearing on gas, Energy Secretary Eduardo Rodríguez Chirillo proposed a tariff scheme with an increase of 33% to be applied in the months of February, March and April. Starting from the fourth month of the year they will review and propose a new system of subsidies, although they have announced that they will only be maintained to “vulnerable sectors”.
The official spoke about the legacy he received: “The hearing is of particular interest given the emergency in which the entire gas system finds itself,” he said. “The energy system is disinvested, underfunded and inefficient.”
He was the first to talk about the round of 124 exhibitors who have been debating, since 9 in the morning and virtually, which increases to carry out and how.
The official explained that, due to the “economic crisis generated by the previous government”, Javier Milei’s administration had to decree the energy emergency in the oil, gas and electricity subsectors.
“Due to depletion, this model has come to an end and left us with vulnerable energy systems,” he noted.
“Under the premise of telling uncomfortable truths rather than convenient lies, it is important to highlight that previous administrations they left a state of affairs which from a conceptual point of view can be summarized as follows: “The current energy system is highly disinvested, underfunded, inefficient and at risk of shortages,” Chirillo underlined, paraphrasing Milei.
The Secretary of Energy also indicated that the energy trade balance is equal to in the last 10 years it has had a deficit of 30,000 million dollars.
“The absence of signals from the market to encourage investments and improve long-term infrastructural development” has led “the State to carry out energy works in a “late, inefficient or expensive” way. “Proof” of this, the official said, is the construction of the Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline and the conversion of the Nord gas pipeline.
Source: Clarin
