The National Electricity Regulatory Entity (ENRE) convened a virtual public hearing so that the distributors Edenor and Edesur present their proposals for the next five -year period. After a better summer to the expected, the discussion focuses on the 2025 increases.
Within the framework of the process of Quinquenal Review of Rates (RQT), And prior to defining the upcoming increases to apply, the ENRE held the first public hearing for electricity transport companies on Tuesday.
Thursday will be the turn of the distributors that apply their services in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, Edenor and Edesurentities under which the ENRE has interference. The audience will be at 8:30 and will be chaired by the auditor Osvaldo Rolando and jointly and/or alternated by María Cristina Tonnelier and Marcelo Ángel Biach.
The call is made almost at the end of the summer period, where, as anticipated scope, the prognosis of the distributors on the cuts of light He was moderated with respect to the planned panorama in mid -2024. The spread “There is not for everyone”For former Foreign Minister Diana Mondino pronounced in November 2023 did not deserve the alert level expected at that timeas confirmed by distributors to this medium.
What increases evaluate Edenor and Edesur
Thus, and in line with the request of the government of Do not rise more than 9.6% final ratesboth Edenor and Edesur evaluate to present proposals of a digit, applicable from April and extendable during the year. The approved percentage would be added the Update by the polynomial formula -What includes IPC, IPIM and Ripte salaries- that the ruling tried to apply during the past year but postponed the decision to reduce tariff increases and control the decrease in inflation.
According to this medium, at the audience, companies will be required A 40% reduction In the duration of the cuts in some municipalities of the conurbano, and 30% in some communes of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
“Mainly a stricter path was determined than the one that is in force, in the duration and frequency of cuts, and in the penalties that will be applied,” they said from the ENRE to this medium.
The conditions occur within the framework of the approval of the Service quality parameters, the cost of electric energy not supplied (Cens) and the Penalizations for quality of service, technical and commercial product For Edesur and Edenor, which will be in force as of March 1 of this year. In this way, from the agency they ensure that they seek to harden existing sanctions against non -compliance in the service, and “demand a better quality of service through investments.”
More expensive rates and less subsidies
Between February 2024 and January, The rates of both distributors increased 431%while inflation in the same period was 85%, that is, registered a rise of 187% In real terms
In addition, the highest transfer of the cost of generation, added to the reduction in import costs, allowed Energy subsidies fell 35% in real terms.
According to the economy and energy consultant, it meant a reduction in 2024 of US $ 9,683 million au $ S6.252 million. As explained in a report, the 77% Savings is explained by the recomposition of prices paid for the demand, while the 23% for the reduction in the Costs of the supply.
In that line, the Ministry of Energy He informed that as of January the users of Low Electric Power Revenue They will suffer a reduction in bonuses from 72% to 60%, while for the homes of means incomethe bonus will be reduced from 55% to 50%. On the other hand, in the service of gas Low income bonuses will pass from 64% to 65%, while the average income will have a decrease from 55% to 50%.
In the amba there are in total 16.3 million users with electric power serviceof which 6.8 million belong to the high -income segment (N1), 6.3 million to low -income (N2) and 3.2 million remaining than the average revenue (N3).
Source: Ambito
