Electricity and gas tariffs: they would remove subsidies from those who bought dollars, paid in advance or traveled abroad

The Government analyses further restrict the conditions so that users of electricity, gas and cylinders can access energy subsidies granted by the national state.

Now, according to new documents published by Secretary of Energy on its website, they could “be taken into consideration for refusal or exclusion from the benefit”. those who have purchased dollars or any foreign currency in the last 3 months; even to those who has traveled abroad more than once in the last 5 years, if you went to a country not bordering Argentina; and to whom They pay the equivalent of more than 25% of the minimum wage on cell phonesa value that from March will be 50,700 dollars (approximately 202,800 dollars).

They would also eliminate subsidies for those with insurance coverage. prepaid medicine which is not linked to a job in a dependent relationship.

These State aid exclusion criteria assume that users have sufficient income or assets to cover the full cost of the energy in their tariffs, and are in addition to those previously reported. Clarionhow to have a car or motorbike less than 5 years old or two less than 10 years old.

The new segmentation of tariff incentives and the definition of a Basic energy basket will be taken into consideration public hearing this Thursday 29th.

He agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) sets the objective for there to be definitions on this aspect in April and for them to be implemented launching in May.

In relation to income, the Government will also take into account who does the work consumption with credit cards or virtual wallets for the equivalent of more than 5 minimum wagesa figure that would rise to 1,014,000 dollars in March.

Other patrimonial aspects that the Government will evaluate, through the voluntary declaration of users or the cross-referencing with multiple databases, are the ownership of airplane, Boats luxury or recreational purposes, ownership of at least two property, luxury car o collection and directory membership o owned by a private company.

The Secretary of Energy, Eduardo Rodríguez ChirilloI predicted it Subsidies would only go to those who spend more than 10% of their income on energy payments.with coverage of the differential on this percentage.

Ceilings on energy consumption with subsidies

However, the application of The Basic Energy Basket (CBE) will also limit amounts. The controller of the National Gas Regulatory Body (Enargas), Carlos Casareswho is one of Rodríguez Chirillo’s most trusted technicians, with extensive experience in the gas sector, has designed a project together with gas and electricity experts in which Maximum consumption volumes are established based on bio-environmental zones and the number of people living in each house.

For example: a house with 1 or 2 people in the city of Buenos Aires (warm temperate zone, number 3) of which he is a user Metrogas and its category is R2-1, it usually has its maximum consumption in Julyand the The limit to be subsidized would be 128 m3 of natural gas that month.

Another example: a house in Land of fire (very cold zone, number 6) with 1 or 2 people of which he is a user Camuzzi Gas del Sur also with the R2-3 category it records its peak demand in July, with a limit to be subsidized of 595 m3 that month.

But as the newspaper noted Black River, The nation’s gas volume limit is nearly 65% ​​lower than the actual average of a house in the southernmost province of the country, while there are other notable differences between the future roof and average consumption in other cold regions. This it could open a new front for discussion with the governors of Patagonia as soon as possible.

While, The limits will also be significantly lower in electricity. Since October 2022, a ceiling of 400 kilowatt hours (kWh) per month has been established for the middle class -Level 3 of the segmentation-, which now they will be among the 100 AND 200 kWh in almost the entire country and all year round, with the exception of the very hot area of ​​some northern provinces.