Segmentation: Guzmán wants K officials to report that they will lose subsidies

The government has made progress in segmenting electricity and gas tariffs. With that provision, tIt will try to remove subsidies from higher-income sectors. Even if the Kirchnerism wants to peel of this adjustment – and that the Minister of Economy, Martín Guzmán, explain it -, the detail shows that the officials who answer to the vice-president they will also have to participate in the upload process.

The Government, with a resolution of the Ministry of Energy, reported that the registration tasks will be carried out by the Undersecretary for Strategic Planning, where he will have to register. Santiago Lopez Osornio, the official responsible for this dependence is the one who follows the strategy outlined by Minister Guzmán. here you look a $ 20 billion reduction in subsidies this yearto reach $ 100 billion by 2023.

Secretary of Energy, Dario Martinez, He oscillates between Guzmán – his leader in the ministerial structure – and Kirchnerism, which opposes these uprisings. While strategic planning will be in charge of making a list of who will keep the benefits and who will lose them, the communication of this process to the customers will remain in the hands of the regulatory bodies. is approx Engarga (in gas service) e In re (electrical distribution). Both are led by officials who recognize the vice president Cristina Fernandez as his political reference.

“Once again they come back to a fight. So far, the positions of Guzmán and Kirchnerism on segmentation They are not compatible “, they complained in a company. “Now they are putting regulators – dominated by Kirchnerism – having to notify users which uploads they will have on their tickets. And what’s more, that decision will be made by an official (Strategic Planning) who responds to Guzmán, “added a private individual.

While Kirchnerism does not try to prevent segmentation, it will do nothing to support or be “Accomplice” in the removal of subsidies. According to the government, they will lose their subsidies households whose monthly income exceeds $ 350,000, have three cars or three properties. Users who want to keep state aid must apply for it.

The form is not yet to be completed by all utility customers. The magnification range is also unclear. According to the government, a family who pays $ 2,000 for an electricity bill today will go to $ 3,500. According to the private sector, if subsidies for electricity costs are removed, the same bill will rise to over $ 7,000.

The government esteems it the tariff increases will take place from September.

The Undersecretariat for Strategic Planning will be the “competent enforcement authority”. He will decide who will keep the benefits and who will lose them. But the task of informing those decisions will be in other hands. “The register of beneficiaries of the subsidized scheme will be reported by the Undersecretary for Energy Planning to the National Electricity Regulatory Body (Enre), to the National Gas Regulatory Body (Enargas), to other regulatory bodies, to the authorities provincial for their implementation and communication to the corresponding users “, expresses the resolution.

The removal of subsidies will be a power of the Undersecretary for Energy Planning. The procedure will be carried out “in collaboration with the Secretariat for Technological Innovation of the Public Administration”.

Federico Bernal is the owner of Enargas. Soledad Manin is responsible for the Enre. Both are aligned with the vice president. Manín regularly consults his decisions with Federico Basualdo, the undersecretary of electricity marginalized by the segmentation process, of which he is very critical.

Between consumer associations, companies, consultants and even other officials there is concern about the appearance of the Register for Access to Energy Subsidies (RASE).

Individuals must fill out an affidavit. According to the presidential spokesperson, it can be accessed from the application “My Argentina”. The information that customers will provide will be collected through “agreements and / or conventions with the provincial jurisdictions, the autonomous city of Buenos Aires and with various public and private bodies such as the provincial and / or municipal distributors and / or sub-distributors of public services covered by this resolution, which corresponds to being carried out by the Undersecretary for Energy Planning ”, they reported.

The official resolution also hid something that officials had already expressed. Beneficiaries of social plans or state assistance will keep the electricity and gas services at a smaller increase than the others.

“Users and users who, by virtue of being beneficiaries of national social money transfer programs such as the universal social protection allowance (AUH), the universal pregnancy allowance for social protection (AUE), AUD, support to Argentine students (Progresar), National Program for Socio-Productive Inclusion and Local Development (Potenciar Trabajo) and others similar, can be included in the list of beneficiaries by the Undersecretary of Energy Planning of “Level 2 – Lower Income” , announced the Executive Power