They estimate that by 2019, the gas increase will be 30%

Secretary of Energy, Gustavo Lopetegui, said today that the average increase in the home gas rate for this year would be "of the order of 30% and could even be lower ".

"We estimate that with auctions, the impact on domestic gas tariffs will be up to 30% for this year and will likely be lower than this percentage," Lopetegui said at a conference at the Palacio des Finances.

In this way, the increase would be in line with the inflation estimates presented by the private consultants who make up the survey on market expectations, which indicate an increase in prices of the order of 28% for this year.

In any case, the estimate of Lopetegui is limited to the possible postponement of the second gas increase scheduled for October this year due to the presidential elections.

"What did we do in 2017?" Said Lopetegui, leaving open the possibility of a postponement of the gas increase in October.

Precisely in the mid-term elections of 2017, the government postponed the second annual increase in gasoline rates after the distributors' hearing following this year's election, which was a valid precedent for the Energy Secretary when we are talking about what could happen this year. (Telam and La Nueva.)