The national government keeps registration open to request subsidies for electricity and gas. The procedure is mandatory if you wish to continue with the benefit. Those interested must enter the website: www.argentina.gob.ar/subsidios.
The data that must be recorded are the following: the meter number and the Customer/Service/Account/Contract or NIS number that appear on the invoice, the last copy of the DNI, the CUIL number of each member of the household over 18 years, the out-of-pocket income of each household member over 18 years of age and an email address.
If a community dining room or picnic area registered with Renacom operates at the service address, you must have the registration number on hand.
Users are divided into three residential categories according to their income levels and according to the segmentation scheme in force since 2022. Those considered “high income” (N1) pay more for energy, both electric service and gas supply. , those with “low income” (N2) and those with “middle income” (N3) have discounts on their rates but with a consumption limit.
It is worth noting that, according to the latest official data, N1 users are 5.3 million, N2 are eight million and N3 are 2.7 million.
What is segmentation like?
N1: households that declare having monthly income equivalent to or greater than 2,979,728.50 million pesos for a type 2 household (Exception: in those households in the municipality of Patagones, Chubut, La Pampa, Neuquén, Río Negro, Santa Cruz or Tierra of Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands, the total monthly income to belong to N1 will have to be equivalent to or greater than 3,635,268.77 million pesos).
Additionally (and this includes the entire country), they must have three or more vehicles less than five years old, have three or more properties, own a boat, an aircraft or be the owner of corporate assets that demonstrate full economic capacity.
N3: total monthly income between 851,351 and 2,979,728.50 million pesos (Exception: for households with one partner with a Single Certificate of Disability (CUD), the total monthly income to be part of this segment can vary between 1,277. 026.5 and 2,979,728.5 million pesos), owning up to two properties and up to one vehicle less than three years old.
Exception: households with one or a cohabitant with a Single Certificate of Disability (CUD) can own up to one vehicle less than three years old to be part of the middle-income segment.
N2: households with net income less than 851,351 pesos (Exception: for households with one partner with a Single Certificate of Disability (CUD), the total monthly income to be part of this segment must be less than 1,277,026.5 pesos ), have up to a property and not own a vehicle less than three years old.
Exception: households with one or a cohabitant with a Single Certificate of Disability (CUD) can own up to one vehicle less than three years old to be part of the lowest income segment.
