The government announced last week that as of January 1 It will change the way subsidies for electricity and gas are granted And bottles all over the country. He has already begun cleaning up the record.
The Department of Energy reported that it had lifted subsidies for them Reclassification of 2854 users from Cordoba Province countries.
The organization implements the crossing of geographical information, administrative records and public and private databases. In this process, it included an analysis of gated communities in Córdoba, identifying 2,854 families who received subsidies despite residing in countries and neighborhoods with high purchasing power.
As stated in a statement, “The methodology applied uses GIS tools, satellite images and patterns provided by regulators.”
After these analyses, Energy discovered supplies classified as N2 and N3 (medium and low consumers) “within the regions that appear Shows ability to contributewhich means a Clear error “Inclusion,” they added.
As a result, all residential users registered with RASE (Register for Access to Energy Support) and located within those urban areas It will be reclassified to level 1 (High income people).
Energía explained that “reclassified users can request a review through the Remote Addressing (TAD) platform, but they are responsible for And the obligation to prove that the exclusion is incorrect.”
This action completes the first phase of the process, as it has already been discovered and reclassified in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) and in Puerto Madero. Over 15,518 users incorrectly received benefits.
Both reclassifications together represent a Tax savings estimated at $3.56 billion.
According to official sources, the change in the method of granting subsidies will affect 7,500,000 families, or 45% of the Argentine population. As for the other 9,100,000 million families that will retain aid from the national state They will have modifications in their supported consumption blockswhich will be adjusted according to the season of the year.
With these changes, the government aims to reduce energy subsidies from the equivalent of 0.65% of GDP, which will close in 2025, to 0.5% in 2026. Saving nearly $1 billion.