In seeking to avoid the impact of inflation, The Government chose to postpone the rate increases electricity and gas in the month of July. According to The intention is to contemplate the seasonality, linked to a higher consumption due to winter.
As it was decided, it would be an exception for next month, trying to sustain the recovery of purchasing power. The rates According to economists, it is one of the factors that could cause a rebound in inflation in the coming months.
A family will spend $118,825 to pay for water, electricity, gas and transportation services
The Government freezes electricity and gas rates for July
This measure is for household consumption and will be reflected in the August bill. “If a consumer in June spent exactly the same consumption as in July, Your bill will have the same amount to pay“, explained sources from the Secretary of Energy. If consumption decreases, logically, you will pay less.”
At the beginning of June, the Government modified the maximum subsidized consumption caps and bonuses on wholesale prices of electricity and natural gas for low- and middle-income users. This measure was the beginning of a process to “for move from a generalized subsidy regime to a targeted onein which the user can know the cost per kW of electrical energy and m3 of natural gas, which is identical for everyone.”
The Government again stopped the increases in gas and electricity rates in July
“According to their payment capacity and reaching up to a limited consumption limit through the recognition of a lower payment (bonus)”. There will also be no increases in July for gas rates: the user will pay the same as they paid in June, always in relation to consumption.”
The Government postponed the increases in electricity, gas and fuel scheduled for May
What will the new energy subsidies be like?
Trying to reduce the need to adjust the public spending and redirect resources, the Government announced days a major restructuring of energy subsidies.
