The GThe national government made official the new increases in electricity and gas bills that will take effect from this month. The increases are within the framework of a reduction in subsidies that will impact, mainly, the residential sectors classified as medium and low income according to the current rate segmentation. The increases will reach up to 155% percent in the case of electricity in some sectors.
In that framework, The measure was made official through four resolutions published in the Official Gazette this Wednesday by the Ministry of Energy, led by Eduardo Chirillo, under the Ministry of Economy of Luis Caputo. The increases are framed within the transition stage to go from generalized to targeted subsidies, which runs from June 1 to November 30.
From the Ministry of Energy they explained that “this makes the beginning of the process to move from a generalized subsidy regime to a focused one, in which the user can know the cost of kwh of electrical energy and m3 of natural gas which is identical for everyone, and the assistance that the National State provides to users according to their ability to pay and that reaches up to a limited consumption limit through the recognition of a lower payment (bonus).”
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Currently, the Subsidies are segmented according to three types of households: high-income (N1), low-income (N2) and middle-income (N3). The N2 and N3 are those that cover the least part of the costs of the energy they consume.
Regarding the caps or subsidized consumption limits:
Natural gas:
- N1 has no stops.
- N3 maintains in force the limits established in the Resolution of the Ministry of Energy no. 686, according to distributor.
- The same consumption limits apply to the N2 as for the N3.
In electrical energy:
- N1 has no stops.
- N3, subsidized amount of 250 kWh/month, replacing 400 kWh/month;
- N2 will have a maximum subsidized consumption of 350 kWh/month, leaving aside the fact that these users did not have any limit to subsidized consumption, encouraging efficient and responsible consumption with this measure.
The new consumption limits for electrical users without access to the natural gas service through networks and indiluted propane gas through networks, located in certain bioclimatic zones, only for the period from June 1 to August 31, 2024, are: N3 , 500 kWh/month and N2, 700 kWh/month.
Consumption less than the established limits is called base consumption. Consumption at the limits established above will be considered excess consumption and will be paid at the PIST and PEST prices set by the Ministry of Energy, without bonus.
On the other hand, the bonuses on wholesale prices set by the national Government will be the following:
1) Natural Gas: For N1 users there will be no bonus, they pay the PIST (Entry Point to the Transportation System) price set by the Ministry of Energy. The N3 pay 55% of the gas price in PIST, corresponding to the N1. Excess consumption will be valued at the gas price in PIST, without bonus. The N2 pay 64% of the gas price in PIST, corresponding to the N1. Excess consumption will be valued at the gas price in PIST, without bonus.
2) Electric Energy: For N1 users there will be no bonus, they pay the PEST price set by the Ministry of Energy. N3 users will pay 55.94% of the price defined for the N1 segment, without bonus. The excess consumption will be valued at the price defined for N1. And N2 users will pay 71.92% of the price defined for N1. Excess consumption will be valued at the price defined for N1, without bonus.
