The Government took advantage of its victory in the mid-term legislative elections to partially release energy tariffs and continue with the adjustment in public accounts, through a progressive reduction of subsidies. Therefore, he decided to 3.8% average rate increase in gas bills at the national level, which will govern from the consumption of November.
The measure, defined by the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, implies get out of monthly increases that were below 2% and that were repeated during the last semester to contain inflation before the elections. It is expected that next week a similar increase for electrical energy in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA).
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One by one, all increases for November 2025
The rise in gas was implemented through resolution 433 of the Ministry of Energy and twenty resolutions – from 811 to 830 – of the National Gas Regulatory Entity (Enargas).
Furthermore, Economy, through resolution 1698, increased the surcharge on the price of gas again to 7.2% to all users who do not have the benefit of “cold zone” (discounts of between 30 to 50% on the wholesale price of gas) to finance the Trust Fund for Residential Gas Consumption Subsidies.
This fund guarantees the bonuses in Patagonia, Puna, Malargüe (Mendoza) as originally planned in 2002, and since 2021 it also reaches multiple provinces and localities, for example on the Atlantic Coast. The Government wants to eliminate all trust funds except that one, and return it to its original beneficiaries.
On the other hand, The Government also adjusted fuel taxes, and their impact will be between 1% and 1.5% on gasoline and diesel. from the Saturday November 1. These taxes remain outdated in relation to the regulations and the national State loses revenue for the equivalent of about 200 million dollars each month, which no longer goes to the maintenance of the routes.
Likewise, the services of agua and sewers provided by Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos (AySA) will have a 1% increase next month, as has happened since the beginning of 2025.
And official definitions are awaited on the updates to the transportation rates. buses and trains that have national jurisdiction.