Edenor and Edesur requested increases in rates of almost 10% since April

Before the authorities of the National Electricity Regulatory Entity (ENRE), the representatives of the companies made their income requests for the next 5 yearsuntil 2019. That income can come from users, through tariffs, or state assistance through Subsidieswhich is something that It is not in the government’s mind.

In the case of Edenor, those required income translate into a Increase in the distribution margin around 20%con Impact on final tickets at 8%. Added to what carriers asked for as Transger -2%-, it would be a 10% increase in rates, which is the maximum that the government will authorize this year above inflation, and possibly in quotas As of April. At the same time, rates will be updated monthly on the basis of prices evolution.

The income requested by companies are “sufficient for operating costs of the service, taxes, amortizations.”

That implies that 80% of Edenor’s residential users will pay an average Final invoice with taxes of $ 29,544, or “less than $ 985 per day for the electric power service.”

“Even with this recomposition, customers would continue to pay an electricity bill that is well below in comparison with the rest of the monthly consumption of an average home: a gas tank, $ 59,000; TV per cable + internet, $ 66,997 or mobile telephony $ 106,980”, compared company sources.

The cost of energy continues to be the lowest regional level and even in international comparison. With the recomposition, 80% of customers will pay $ 27 on average, compared to US $ 44 in Brazil, US $ 59 in Chile and Peru or US $ 73 that is paid on average in Uruguay. “Not to mention if the comparison is against countries like France (US $ 79) or Germany (US $ 113),” they stressed in Edenor.

44% of the current invoice that Edenor sends to its customers corresponds to the price of energy, 24% are taxes, 2% to transport and only 30% are intended for the services of the distribution company, which It does not receive subsidies And he stressed that “in the last 22 years he did not distribute dividends, while in the last 10 years he invested 2,000 million dollars.”

As a result of this investment plan, the duration of the cuts was reduced from 27.6 average hours in 2017 to less than 9 hours per year per customer in 2024, which implies a decrease of 65% in the duration of the cuts.

Something similar happened with the frequency of cuts suffered by customers, which fell from 9 times per client per year in 2017 to 3.5 last year, a 60%decrease.