The Government is preparing to make new corrections to rates.
Ang hearings to raise electricity and gas bills, they will determine next week who should or should not maintain the subsidies. In that framework, the The Ministry of Economy warned of possible “errors” in the removal of subsidies and proposed an “agile” claim mechanism.
Depending on the portfolio, there may be customers appearing in areas identified as high -income, where subsidies will be eliminateddespite being a beneficiary of social programs, AUH, monotributo social or registered in the regime of private homes based on data crossing.
The report cited data from ENRE, which was identified 1,541 people in this condition in CABA, 189 in GBA and 304 in gated communities. In total, 2,424 usersof which 1,051 have social plans, a reduced universe relative to 921,000 electricity holders and 760,000 gas holders included in the richest segment.
The economist explains that there are many reasons why there can be exclusion errors: “Ownership of the service may not coincide with the users of the service for not making a change of ownership, the owner dies, being a tenant of the property, etc.
Also, he added, “The possibility of not accurately determining the economic conditions of the owner must be considered due to differences between the current situation and those recorded in the databases used to determine the allocation of subsidy components ”.
To prevent this, the government suggests that “an agile mechanism for claiming and requesting reconsideration“via the web form, a call center for consultations and face-to-face assistance to organizations participating in other benefit schemes, such as the ANSES in Hogar Program.
then, the user must be notified if he or she is the owner of the servicemeter and distributor number, contact, location, household members, DNI, age, if you are a tenant and information about your assets, such as owning a vehicle.
Source: Clarin
