The public hearings for utility rates continue this Wednesday focused on the new reference values for the Seasonal Price of Electricity (PEST). The second day takes place from the morning virtually.
This Tuesday the exhibitions for the definition of the new prices that will be in force from June 1 for natural gas at the wellhead. In this framework, on Tuesday the Secretary of Energy proposed an average increase of 20% in the natural gas service for users without a social rate.
The third hearing, scheduled for this Thursday, will debate the implementation of segmentation in the granting of energy price subsidies by the State to users of the natural gas and electricity service for the 2022-2023 biennium.
First working day
In reference to the new gas tariff scheme, the official position was presented at Tuesday’s hearing by the Undersecretary of Hydrocarbons, Maggie Videla.
This Tuesday’s session -which lasted almost three and a half hours- marked the start of the rate update process defined by the Executive Branch in the economic program, with which it seeks to achieve “reasonable rate levels that are likely to be applied with criteria of justice and distributive equity” for public gas and electricity services.
