Next to the Secretary of Energy is the Secretary of Finance, Raul Rigothe president of the AYSA board, Malena Galmarinithe undersecretary of Electric Power, santiago yanottithe Undersecretary of Hydrocarbons, Federico Bernal and the undersecretary of Energy Planning, Cecilia Garibotti.
For his part, the Undersecretary of Hydrocarbons, Federico Bernal, said that the removal of subsidies in gas consumption will be done “in three stages” that will be in September, November and January with “progressive increases”during a press conference at the Palacio de Hacienda microcinema to publicize the new values of electricity, gas and water services.
In this regard, the Secretary of Energy, Flavia Royón, specified that although in principle it had been planned to remove the subsidies in three equal tranches, the decision was made that the first tranche will be 20% and the remaining 80% in the two stages. subsequent remainders, because it is anticipated that “costs will tend to fall and it will be more accessible to people”.
Segmentation of gas, electricity and water
In the case of natural gas, after the opening of the Registry of Access to Energy subsidies, a total of 269,725 households I am not applying to continue that benefit, and they are categorized as “tier 1.” Meanwhile, 2,880,090 users They remained in level 2, those who are located in the lower income bracket and where beneficiaries of the social rate will be provisionally included. For its part, 2,599,550 users they were grouped in level 3, since they correspond to medium-income households.
“The amount of gas demanded by households is not related to income level and is directly linked to weather conditions, number of household members, construction characteristics of the home and the efficiency of domestic equipment,” the government report said. .
He pointed out that “Gas consumption through networks in homes located in the coldest regions of the country doubles that of temperate regions.”
In the case of electricity, a total of 399,156 users will lose all subsidies.
Meanwhile, in the case of water, high level users will suffer a total removal of the subsidy from November 1. Some 3.5 million water users will lose all subsidies starting in November.
People pay 30% per liter of water of what it costs to make it drinkable. The State covers 70% of the service and 30% is covered by the company with collection income.
Source: Ambito
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