The light and the gas will increase again up to 30% by the end of the year

The government has put number to the new rate increase that will be in the second half of the year. The energy minister, Javier Iguacel, admitted that the price of gas and electricity in the federal capital and Greater Buenos Aires will have increases of up to 39 to 30% but that "it is difficult" Estimate what will be the final figures since will depend on the level of consumption and savings users.

According to the official, two of the components of tariffs for both services, transportation and distribution, they will be adjusted in pesos for inflation since these are contracts that are agreed in national currency, unlike the production of 39 energy, which depends on the price of the dollar. "The increase will not be greater than 25% for gas, while the increase in electricity will be" less than 30%. "

" The transportation and distribution are contracts that have been renegotiated in pesos, and adjusted in "The generation of energy, meanwhile, has tariffs in dollars, increases between 25 and 30 for a hundred, therefore, would imply not to transfer all the impact of the rising dollar and dollar. from the international price of petroleum to the final bill

In the televised statements, Iguacel admitted that " there are still adjustments to be made " in both services, and stressed: " the gas bills, which are hard . "

The minister also estimated that one of the government's goals is that next winter's gas users pay, in pesos, a value similar to that of this year, the price drops considerably and when we lower the production price, we expect a predictable bill this summer and we are aiming for next winter, in pesos similar to this year's, " he said.

Iguacel also said that "in the case of gas, thanks to the investment made, we have the opportunity to exit the need to import.Only in winter we will have to import, and less and less. "For this reason, he said:" After two and a half years of government, this year we will start overtaking the gas and we will be able to export to Chile. "I was in this country a few days ago and we talked about it. "

According to him," this government is not that it has dollarized the energy. "In fact, Kirchnerism hyper- dollarized, which made us dependent on outside energy and we spent $ 6 billion a year to import. "