In the second hearing to analyze electricity rates, the transport companies requested this Monday
a readjustment of income of up to 255.7%
, which they estimate would have an impact on
the final rate of no more than 3.8%
.
In addition, they demand a monthly and automatic update, and that no delays be incurred in the payments made to them by the Administration Company of the Wholesale Electricity Market (Cammesa).
These requests were made in the second public hearing called by the National Energy Regulatory Entity (ENRE), as a prior step to the tariff adjustments that the Ministry of Energy will take.
Last Friday, the first meeting took place in which distribution companies, such as
Edenor and Edesur,
made their defense.
The first, for example,
demanded an increase that would mean 80% more in the final bill of AMBA users.
In the case of distribution,
it represents approximately 25% of the final invoice amount.
Then, to the increases in the distribution and transportation stages,
we must add those derived from the cuts to the subsidies
that the State grants to the generation phase and which the Undersecretary of Energy Planning, Mariela Beljansky, described as "scandalous."
As the participation of transportation is no more than 1.5% in the price of the electric energy service bill,
its incidence is the lowest compared
to that of generation and distribution, to which the component must be added tax.
The eight companies that spoke at the hearing agreed to highlight the delay in the evolution of their income remuneration, which in the last four years was on average half of inflation.
For this reason,
they requested a readjustment of income prior to the application of the Comprehensive Tariff Review
(RTI) that should begin on January 1, 2025.
Regarding the resulting values, they demanded the application of a monthly and automatic update index, taking into account that Cammesa's average payment period is about 60 days and, in this regard, they also asked that the company not incur delays for these disbursements. .
The breakdown by company of the requested readjustments and the resulting percentage increase is as follows:
Transener
: $256,349 million, equivalent to an
increase of 209%
, with an impact on the final rate of approximately 3.1%
Distrocuyo
: $29,265 million (249% and an incidence close to 3.7%)
Transnea
: $20,243.91 million (114% and 1.7% incidence)
Transba
: $122,920 million (207% and 3.1% incidence)
Transpa
: $28,818 million (255.7% and 3.8% incidence)
Transnoa
: $59,512.4 million (207% and 3.1% incidence)
Transcomahue
: did not specify amounts or percentages, but assured that the incidence of the required increase in the rate is 0.5%
Neuquén Provincial Energy Entity (EPEN): did not put pressure on amounts or percentages.