“Rate revenues are not enough to cover all the costs derived from the provision of services”assured the company chaired by Malena Galmarini in its presentation.
AySA submitted its rate adaptation proposal to the Secretariat of Infrastructure and Water Policy of the Ministry of Public Works, whose tenure is vacant, so the competent authority became the Secretariat of Public Works.
The state company indicated that as of December 2021, tariff revenues only covered 49.5% of operating costs, a situation that could worsen if the tariff freeze that began in early 2019 continues, in the final stretch of the Presidency of Mauricio Macri.
To avoid this, the company promoted an initial increase in the modification coefficient “K” of 20%, which would go from the current value of 37.2918 to 44.7502 as of July 1, plus another increase of 10% in October, with which the coefficient would be located at 49.2252.
AySA did not receive subsidies to finance current expenses in 2021, but received $2,452 million for capital expenses, according to the report of the Argentine Association of Budget and Public Financial Administration (ASAP).
The company outlined the rate situation as of 2022, when after the fall of the convertibility regime, contracts with public service companies were renegotiated.
At that time, the running water service in the metropolitan area was in charge of the private company Aguas Argentinas.
“From 2002 to 2011 the rate freeze was absolute”he pointed out, to add that last year there was an increase of 290% for a range of 169,671 users and 74.35% for the rest.
However, AySA assured that the coverage of costs with the rate continued to deteriorate “despite this increase”, falling to 29% in 2013.
In the macrista management, successive increases were applied in the ratesespecially a “singularly important” one of 216.7% in 2016, which brought cost coverage to 77%, AySA said.
The last adjustments were all in 2019, 17% in January and 27% in May.
Source: Ambito
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