As of this Monday, July 17, the fee winter in electricity bills in Chile, a measure that has been agreed between the Ministry of Energy and the member companies of Empresas Eléctricas AG This elimination of the winter rate will bring benefits for certain customers regulated by rates BT1 and TRAT1, which are the most common and simple tariffs that only measure the energy consumed, without taking into account the power demanded.
The customers who will benefit from this measure are those with a low or high voltage supply and a connected power of less than 10 kW, mainly residential consumers. With the removal of the fee winterthe energy charge, which was applied when the consumption between the months of April to September was greater than 430 kWh, will be eliminated.
For those customers who have already made payments based on the fee winter, a re-settlement will be made and the money will be returned directly to their accounts. The Minister of Energy, Diego Pardow, stressed that this elimination of the winter rate will not imply an increase in charges for those customers who exceed the limit of 430 kilowatt hours, since this additional surcharge will be eliminated.
In addition, he pointed out that this measure also has an environmental benefit, since by eliminating the surcharge, the use of electricity for heating is promoted instead of other more polluting fuels, especially during the coldest season of the year. winter.
It is important that users review their electricity bill to verify if they have any of the BT1 or TRAT1 rates and if they will benefit from this elimination of the fee of winter. The government assures that this change will be applied in the future, even in the tariff process that is valid until the year 2024. Each distributor may have specific variations in the effect of this measure.
