Tarifazo: they confirm that in Santa Fe gas bills will arrive with increases of between 300% and 1,000%
The national government is moving forward with its energy subsidy removal program and, with the arrival of winter, This decision has a major impact on the gas bill.. The distributor of home gas service through networks Cooperativa Setúbal confirmed that in Santa Fe The rate will be observed in the July ballots.
In detail, the increases will have as a floor 300% compared to the previous winter, and could even reach 1,000% in some cases. It should be noted that billing is influenced by both consumption and the level of subsidies received from the state, segmented into high (N1), low (N2) or medium (N3) income sectors.
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As of April 3, a new tariff schedule came into effect that was not reflected in the invoices that arrived in the first days of June, since the reading of consumption is bimonthly, although billing is monthly. This way, What is charged in this bill corresponds to readings from March to April, so starting in July the costs will arrive that fully correspond to the new tariff table.
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Those who will feel the impact of the increase in service the most are people in the middle and low income range.which received state subsidies for the price of gas.
For example, in the case of R1 users (who consume the least amount of cubic meters) with higher incomes (N1), the percentage increase in the fixed charge it will be of 449%. At that same level of consumption, Lower-income users (N2) will have an increase of 617%. Regarding users of average income, will receive a 564% increase. It should be noted that as consumption increases, the increase gap also increases.
These increases in the fixed charge are averaged with the increases in the variable charge, which depends on consumption. In the case of an R1, the increase will be 348% for high-income sectors, 437% for low-income sectors, and 433% for middle income.
Within cubic meters there are three components: one is the price of gas, another is the price of transportation and the other is the price of distribution. The price of gas is what the National State subsidizes. In the case of the N1, they are those that do not have the price of gas directly subsidized; The N2 still have the entire price of gas subsidized; and in the case of the N3, they have a subsidized consumption block and a consumption surplus that is not subsidized.
“The national government’s strategy, based on the latest statements made, is to progressively remove – until December – all the subsidies in the gas market,” they recalled from Cooperativa Setúbal.
