The Secretary of Energy, Flavia Royón, has assured that the consortia will also lose the tariff subsidies. However, this will happen in part.
Is that the consortia which are listed as general users, they will lose their subsidies. While those registered as residential consortiaThey will keep them.
A PH with seven units, listed as residential, will keep them. But a complex of 100 units – indicated as generals – will no longer have them.
The private clinics, will lose subsidies, according to official sources. On the other hand, the situation of neighborhood clubs and school picnics in light and gas.
Building consortia are labeled as “general users”. That is, they are billed differently than residential customers. Energy officials explained on Tuesday after the announcement of the removal of subsidies Clarione that they go to study some special regime for consortia, with the aim that they do not push further the value of the expenses. However, Secretary Royón stated the opposite. In any case, other official sources have clarified that small residential buildings (less than 10 units) will be able to keep them if registered as residential customers.
Neighbors who are part of the consortium can do a solo presentation. “They run the process in an electronic window. They must apply for the subsidy for each functional unit. The limit that is set is the same for each home (400 kWh) ”, she highlighted.
The different places that consume light in the building will be taken as “functional units”. This can include light in the hallways, in the building manager’s quarters, or in the engine room where the motors run. Each of these “functional units” of the consortium would have 400 kWh per month subsidized. I would pay a higher value above that consumption block. Building managers can apply for the subsidy, with the endorsement of neighbors, according to official sources.
A consortium that has central heating, for example, would continue to have subsidies as far as allowed up to its limit, which varies according to the zone and the current rate band. If you exceed that consumption, if you had to pay without subsidies.
The official underlined, in the statements released Wednesday evening and Thursday, that there are no “exceptions” for consortia. “General” users are generally large consumers of electricity. The most typical case is banks and shopping centers, but there are also many shops. Consortia, which host homes, will receive the same treatment as for-profit businesses, according to Royón. But there will be the above exception, as explained below.
Construction costs have already increased between 25% and 50% year on year due to the parity of building managers and the inflationary dynamics affecting services (elevator maintenance, cleaning products, insurance, subscriptions).
“Expenses will increase if they consume above the allowable blocks. If they fall within that consumption, they will not have increases,” added the official source. In electrical distribution, this block is 400 kWh per month. In gas it is 97 cubic meters, although it varies according to the area.
The Government also stated that the private clinics they will also have an increase in their bills. As for public hospitals, it is still being analyzed.
Two days after the announcements, the Ministry of Energy is still unable to define what will happen in many respects. Neighborhood clubs and community bodies await a definition, which has not yet arrived.
Light grade increases continue to be viscous ground. All kinds of details are missing. The government has only released a few examples of increases in one category of residential households (there are nine) and has few cases of increases for business customers.
The electrical uncertainties have caused twists and turns for the consortia. According to his team, it was because the electricity managers told him that the influence of electricity on bills was not that great.
With private clinics it was decided to reserve them the same treatment as for other commercial activities, such as banks, shopping centers and shops. That is, they will have a raise. The government puts it at 20%. But in the distribution companies they have not seen the new rate charts that would confirm that this was the increase.
In Aysa, the supplier of water and sewage, they explained that private clinics fall into the category of “non-residential customers”, whose bills will increase by 250%. In one example provided by the company, a current $ 2,800 monthly tax-free invoice will go up to more than $ 7,000.
Neighborhood clubs, or neighborhood associations, already have a social rate. Or, if they already have a “community” rate, they will also continue to pay as they do now. This also applies to soup kitchens, NGOs and community associations.
Martin Bidegaray
Source: Clarin
