The Government of the Nation decided again to postpone the increases in electricity and gas rates that were scheduled for July. The decision has to do with guaranteeing the disinflation path.
While they finish defining a new monthly indexation mechanism for bills, the Minister of Economy Luis Caputo decided to postpone the increases in service rates again so as not to add pressure to inflation.
These increases were intended to improve the margins of companies that provide regulated public services for the transportation and distribution of electricity and natural gas, and would have had an impact of 2-3% on the bills of homes, businesses and industries.
On July 1st, the tax on liquid fuels will be adjusted again. Photo: 0223.
However, as announced, a new adjustment to the Tax on Liquid Fuels (ICL) will be applied starting July 1, as occurred in previous months. The percentage increase could be made official in the next few hours, but different sources have said it would be around 1%.
In the Treasury Palace they know that the cut in subsidies who applied the Secretary of Energy of Eduardo Rodríguez Chirillo In June, the bills will have a strong impact, especially on middle- and low-income users, where the reduction was focused. Added to this will be a higher seasonal consumption due to lower temperatures at the start of winter. The result will be higher bills with increases of more than 400% in the case of electricity and 1,000% for natural gas.
