The Secretary of Energy authorized a new benefit for users who do not have access to the internet gas distribution. Through the Official Gazette, the Secretariat under the Ministry of Economy seeks to moderate the impact on the bills of Level 3 users (around 196,300 households).
The measure was embodied in resolution 576/2023 published in the Official bulletin, and will be valid in the quarter between June 1 and August 31, 2023.
“It is deemed pertinent to moderate the impact on the bills of Level 3 users – Medium Income – who do not have access to the natural gas distribution network, establishing that the energy cap with subsidy for said category is increased for consumption in excess of 800 kWh/month”, indicated the resolution in its recitals.
To access the benefit, users They must be located in the cold zones defined in Law 27,637, belonging to subzones IIIa, IVa, IVb, IVc, IVd, V and VI, of the bio-environmental zones used by the National Gas Regulatory Entity (Enargas) under regulations IRAM 11603/2012.
- Of the subzone IIIa Towns in the center, north and west of the province of Buenos Aires, south of Santa Fe, south and center of Córdoba, almost all of San Luis (with the exception of a fringe of the northern province) and north of La Pampa are part of it.
- In the subzone IVa Localities in the Andean zone of the provinces of Mendoza, San Juan, La Rioja, Catamarca, Salta and Jujuy are included.
- The subzone IVb It covers the center, south and southeast of Mendoza, center and west of La Pampa and northeast of Neuquén.
- The subzone IVc It includes the province of Río Negro (with the exception of the southwest), northeast of Chubut, southeast of La Pampa, and south and southwest of Buenos Aires.
- The subzone IVd includes towns on the Atlantic coast of Buenos Aires.
- The subzone V It covers the northeast of Santa Cruz, center, south and southeast of Chubut, south of Río Negro and the Andean strip between Neuquén and Salta.
- Lastly, the subzone VI It includes Tierra del Fuego, the entire mountain range from Santa Cruz to Jujuy and south and center of Santa Cruz.
Rates: how to access the benefit
In order to access the benefit, the Granting Authority and/or the Regulatory Entity, as appropriate in each jurisdiction, must issue the corresponding acts for the purpose of identifying users who do not have access to natural gas by networks and/or propane gas undiluted by networks for the purpose of compliance with this by the Distribution Agents and/or Public Distribution Service Providers apply the new cap to the users.
Tariffs: how is the segmentation and increases for gas users
In the case of gas Rates, the calculation is complex because the country was divided into different regions.
According to the Ministry of Energy, there are 9.2 million users of natural gas, of which 3.5 million were registered as high-income at Level 1. All the benefits have already been removed from this group. subsidies.
Some 2.3 million remained in Level 3 corresponding to the middle class and 3.4 million will remain with the social rate.
According to specialist projections, the average consumption in the AMBA is 950 m3 per year and the winter bill has an average cost of $5,700 for homes with higher earnings.
For him Level 3 Since May, the ticket has an approximate value of $4,300, while Social Rate beneficiaries pay in the order of $2,700.
Source: Ambito
