After Reducing Subsidies to More than 15,000 Users of Puerto Madero, the Government Will Also Cut Them to 150,000 of the Cold Zone Regime

It detected inconsistencies between beneficiaries and will reduce the percentage of subsidized tariff

The national government reduced the energy subsidies of the Cold Zone regime -where La Pampa is located - through which differential gas tariffs are granted in Patagonia. The decision responds to the fact that inconsistencies were detected to more than 150,000 beneficiaries, to whom the subsidy will be reduced from 50 to 30 percent. Basically, it was detected that these users had two or more meters registered in the regime (about 370,000 account…

The authorities of the Energy Secretariat discovered more than 370,000 registered accounts of beneficiaries of gas use, which would not fall into the category of “vulnerable population”. Read more