Last chance: tomorrow is the deadline to register for gas and electricity subsidies

Last chance: tomorrow is the deadline to register for gas and electricity subsidies

He Government At the beginning of this month, the government began to remove energy subsidies for millions of households that have a social rate and did not register for segmentation. Now, those who must register to keep their subsidies electricity and gas subsidies They will have one last chance to do so and the The deadline is tomorrow, Wednesday, September 4.

It should be remembered that in 2022 a system was implemented that divided to electricity and gas users into three levels based on income, with the goal of targeting subsidies in the most vulnerable sectors. All those who belong to level 2 (low income) who have not yet registered, or for some reason have waived their registration, will be able to register until next Wednesday.

Subsidies for electricity and gas: details of the new regulation

For this task, a Registry of Access to Energy Subsidies (RASE) for users to register and thus determine the level of subsidy to which they were entitled. In recent weeks, through Provision 1/2024 of the Undersecretariat of Transition and Energy Planning, the deadline for users to register was extended register and be able to maintain the subsidies corresponding to each level for both electricity and gas. The standard details:

  • Extension of deadline: The deadline for those users who were automatically included in the RASE (for being beneficiaries of social rates) to complete their individual registration is extended until September 4, 2024.
  • Elimination of automatic registration: From now on, all users, without exception, must register individually in the RASE to access the subsidies.
  • Targeting of subsidies: These changes aim to ensure better targeting of subsidies, granting them only to those who really need them and meet the established requirements.
  • Registration facilities: Facilities for users to register are maintained, such as the possibility of doing so online or at ANSES offices.

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Only level 2 subscribers have full coverage of gas and electricity subsidies.

The RASE divides residential users into three categories: the lowest income group is marked in Level 2, which is the one with the greatest subsidy coverage; an intermediate group – those grouped in Level 3 – receives subsidies. up to a consumption limit; and the group of higher incomethe one of the Level 1that already stopped receiving aid and pays the full rate.

Objective of the standard

According to the official text, the aim is to have a most accurate database on the beneficiaries of the subsidies, which will allow a more equitable distribution of resources.

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The aim of the changes is to have a more accurate database on the beneficiaries of the subsidies, which will allow for a more equitable distribution of resources.

He also highlights that the remove auto-registrationthe process is simplified and duplication of benefits is avoided. These changes are part of a broader process of restructuring of energy subsidieswith the aim of ensuring the long-term sustainability of the system.

How to apply for electricity and gas subsidies

If any user does not remember having sent their registration or wants to check the status of their benefit, they can check it on the website www.argentina.gob.ar/subsidios. In this link, the interested party must check the section “Modify or delete the request” and enter the management number, the National Identity Document number and your email address.

If you do not remember the management number, the user can go to the section “Forgot your management number?“, which will ask for the ID and the email address to resend the code. Even if the user does not remember the email with which he/she registered, he/she can also click on “Don’t you remember the email? Consult the Help Desk”.

In that link you will have to fill in a series of data, leave your current email address and check your email. If you finally receive an email from the Energy Secretariat ([email protected]) with the management number, It means that this user was registered in the RASE and does not have to do anything.

In case of being the first time starting the processthe interested party should go to the section “sign up for RASE“. There, the page will take you to complete, from scratch, all the data required to access the electricity and/or gas subsidy.

Source: Ambito

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