Before, electricity and gas bills received subsidies in a general way.
But since mid-2022, the Government has decided to concentrate state aid on medium- and low-income households, and
phase it out
for
high-income
households .
In the next few days, in fact, electricity
users
categorized as high income
will end up removing
the subsidy that they still had, which could lead to increases of 60% in the Capital and Greater Buenos Aires, as reported by
Clarín
.
As for gas, there are also strong jumps expected for this group's winter bills.
In order
not to lose
the discounts, or to be able to
recover them
, a family must declare or have declared in an official registry that it has
income below
the established limit.
And it is convenient to stay informed because this
income barrier
is
updated every month
at the same rate as the INDEC basic basket, which has been increasing strongly (8% in March; 8.3% in February; 7.2% in January). .
Therefore, there may be households that until
recently were not eligible
, but
now they are
because they became poorer with the inflationary jump.
Others, perhaps, had entered the middle category and now it would be their turn to move down, which receives
more help
.
The Government advances with the removal of subsidies to electricity and gas.
Photo: Shutterstock.
What is RASE and what is it for?
The Registry of Access to Energy Subsidies (
RASE
) remains
open
and the Secretary of Energy has been asking all those who need the subsidy
to register
, since otherwise the State
will presume that they have a high income
and will make them pay the full cost of energy.
On the other hand, those who had already enrolled in the RASE have the possibility of
modifying their application
to inform that
their
economic situation has changed
, and require moving to the category corresponding to this new reality.
It is also possible
to renounce subsidies
, something that many have been doing to be able to
buy dollars through home banking or with the MEP and CCL operations, since it was clarified that the recipients of subsidies are prevented from accessing foreign currency through these channels.
In any case, everything can be managed online through the official portal argentina.gob.ar/subsidios.
Other options are to go to an ANSES office (with shift), to a Digital Point or one of the
stands
that the Ministry of Energy installed in very crowded places of the AMBA.
In the railway terminals there are posts where you can apply for subsidies.
Photo: Sec. Energy.
How much do you have to earn now to have electricity and gas subsidies?
Households whose members earn more than "
3.5 basic baskets
for a type 2 household" enter the
higher-income
segment ,
which is on its way to end
without subsidies .
That figure, updated on April 20, is equivalent to
$669,298
per month
(three months ago it was
$553,803
).
For Patagonia there is a special floor of
$816,543
.
They also go to the group of the wealthiest -known as "N1"- who have at least
3 vehicles
less than 5 years old,
3 buildings
or a luxury boat or plane in their name.
In the
middle segment
or "N3", which will continue to be somewhat subsidized, are families that earn between 1 and 3.5 basic baskets, which now represents
between $191,228 and $669,298
per month.
Here it is allowed to have no more than
2 properties
and no more than
1 vehicle
less than 3 years old.
Finally, to belong to the
low segment
or "N2", which will continue to be highly subsidized, the requirement is that the household income does not reach 1 basic basket, today
$191,228
per month.
In addition, you cannot have more than 1 property or vehicles that are less than 3 years old.
If these conditions are not met, certain households can still be included as N2: for example, those with a member with a disability, with a ReNaBaP certificate or a Malvinas veteran.
How to enroll in the RASE to maintain the subsidies?
The procedure, available at argentina.gob.ar/subsidios, can be done by the
actual user of the services
, regardless of whether they are not in their name, or whether they are tenants or already receiving the Social Rate.
This procedure is only for electricity
and
gas
bills
.
Those for water and sewers have a separate process, which can be consulted in this note.
The different options offered by the RASE portal.
Image: Capture.
To request electricity and gas subsidies for
the first time,
you must enter "Complete the registration form", having
the following information
at hand :
-Meter
and
customer
numbers
(they appear on the invoices).
-
DNI
(last copy).
-
CUIL
of each household member over 18 years of age.
-
income of each household member over 18 years of age.
The Government warns that the information provided has the nature of
a sworn statement
and that they will
check it
with the records of AFIP, ANSES and other organizations, regardless of whether they are legally secret.
At the end of the process, a confirmation code
is obtained
that can be saved as a record and that will be used to know the status of the process from the Mi Argentina application.
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