In the usual press conference which is carried out every beginning of the week, the administration of Axel Kicillof He provided details about the RTI procedure that has already begun, while announcing what the Summer Plan will consist of, which will seek to avoid energy shortages.
Province of Buenos Aires began the tariff review
Currently, four distributors manage services in the district: EDES, EDEN, EDEA and EDELAP. In this regard, the Undersecretary of Energy of the Province, Gastón Ghioni, explained that “the concessions in the provinces were made for 100 years.” “In this framework, it was established that, starting a period, a rate review process should be carried out,” he said.
However, he clarified that “many times the review is associated with giving more rates to distributors. That is not the objective, but rather, given this prolonged period, to be able to analyze the evolution of demand, investments and needs to define what the cost is, what the tariff schedule is and what would be a reasonable level of profitability”.
Ghioni pointed out that they intend to “define the financing scheme for these investments that will have a defined schedule.”. “It is a long process, it is not express. We are going to do a whole process of cost analysis: how much does it cost today to operate and maintain the four concession areas. Also value the capital,” he commented.
At the same time, the Buenos Aires Government will discuss with the distributors what the rate updating mechanism will be like. The official warned that “In the previous period, the formula contained dollarized rates. Clearly, we are not going to go that route.” The result, he added, will only be known next year.
Province of Buenos Aires launches the Summer Plan
On the other hand, the Buenos Aires Undersecretary of Energy offered details about the Summer Plan, which will consist of adding 20 megabytes to supply five strategic points in the Province during the summer season.
They will be: Carmen de Areco, Pergamino, 9 de Julio, General Viamonte and Mar del Tuyú. These equipment will impact not only the service of these locations but also the surrounding regions.
“In the face of a national government that the only energy policy it applies is tariffs and the removal of subsidies, in the province of Buenos Aires we are launching this program for the third consecutive year that will allow us to reinforce electricity generation in critical points of the province and avoid prolonged cuts due to transportation deficit problems”, noted Kicillof’s management.
On this point, Ghioni recalled that the national government “has already dedicated itself to warning about the generation problems that will occur in the summer.” “They foresee a high demand based on the colors predicted by the Meteorological Service, but it says little about the lack of energy policy to supply all that,” he shot.
In that sense, he denounced that “until now national energy policy can be replaced by tariff policy/removal of subsidies.”
Source: Ambito
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