Government Authorizes Higher Tariff Increases than Wages and Inflation — Opi Santa Cruz

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The national government, through the National Gas Regulatory Authority (ENARGAS), authorized an average increase of 3.8% at the national level in gas tariffs based on the five-year revisions of tariff tables, as recorded in a series of resolutions published this Friday in the Official Gazette. Thus, the increase exceeds the last measure of inflation.

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The government authorized an average increase of 3.8% in electricity and gas tariffs from 1 November, an increase that exceeds both the inflation projected for October, of 2.5%, and the wage adjustments of most of the agreements. The Energy Secretariat, a dependency in charge of María Tettamanti, formalized the measure by publishing the corresponding resolutions this Friday, establishing that gas bills will have an increase of 3.8%. In terms of …