This Wednesday the Government of Javier Milei made official the removal of subsidies from energy rates starting in June. That is why the gas that citizens use will be added to this increase. In San Juan, it will impact more than 80,000 families.
In the case of gas, the increases will be up to 30% compared to previous bills, which will impact exactly 84,403 consumers in the province. 57,541 users belong to the low-income group and 26,862 people belong to the medium income group.
The increases
N1 users (high income) will pay an average of US$3.29 per million BTU. However, it is estimated that the price of gas in winter is around US$5 per million BTU, so they will continue to be subsidized.
N2 or Low Income users will have a 64% bonus on the price paid by high income users, that is, they will cover US$ 1.18 per million BTU. Until April they paid US$ 0.8 per million BTU, so they will pay almost 55% more for gas. Low-income households, which previously had an unlimited subsidy, will now have a maximum limit, which will be the same consumption block that middle-income users have. When these households exceed the maximum subsidized consumption, they will pay the established reference price (US$3.29).
N3 or Middle Income residential homes will have a 55% bonus on the PIST, so they will only pay almost US$1.81 per million BTU. Until April they paid US$ 1.1 per million BTU, which implies an increase of 64% in that concept.
