How Gas Subsidies Will Change if the Cold Zone Regime Changes and How Much Tariffs Will Increase
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The reform in debate in Deputies plans to limit the benefit only to areas with extreme climate and vulnerable households, which would leave no gas subsidy to more than a million families and could double the cost of the bill in several cities of the country
The national government advanced in Deputies with a project that profoundly modifies the regime of gas subsidies for “cold zone”, a policy that since 2021 significantly expanded the number of households benefited and that now the administration of Javier Milei seeks, as they explain, to focus.The initiative aims to reduce the universe reached, concentrate the discounts in extreme cold regions and limit the benefit mainly to vulnerable users.Acco…
The governor of Santa Cruz, Claudio Vidal, defended access to natural gas by saying that “it is not a privilege” in the middle of the parliamentary debate where the national government promotes changes in the Cold Zone. The president stressed the importance of advancing with access to gas for “more Santa Cruz families” and added that “the recovery of essential services is also part of a policy of social justice.” Vidal said that the State’s work…
Deputies: The Government Achieved the Average Sanction of the Modification of the "Cold Zone" Regime
Libertad Avanza obtained approval in the Lower House of the law that had extended the Cold Zone Regime and added gas discounts for localities of Córdoba, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires and Mendoza, among others.
In a session full of political tension and last-minute negotiations with governors, the Chamber of Deputies of the Nation approved the average sanction of the project that cuts subsidies to natural gas by Zonas Frías. The initiative obtained 132 affirmative votes, 105 negatives and 4 abstentions, and will now have to be dealt with in the Senate. The project promoted by the officialism seeks to reduce fiscal spending and, according to data from t…
After the half penalty, the bill must now go to the Senate, where the ruling party will try to sanction the law. Read more
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