The owner of AySA, Malena Galmariniwas part of the presentation made by the cabinet of the Secretary of Energy on the segmentation of tariffs for electricity, gas and water services.
Galmarini maintained that it is necessary “to change, to truly segment, so that those who have the most and can accompany those who have the least” and gave as examples the rates currently paid by users with high purchasing power in the Kavanagh buildings, in Retiro; and the Chateu on Libertador Avenue, in Núnez.
Galamarini showed on slides “data taken from the invoice”, and clarified “it is not more or less”, before detailing that in the emblematic Retiro building the average bill, among 113 apartments, is 1,951 pesos. Meanwhile, he pointed out that in the Chateau building on Libertador avenue, where there are 157 apartments, the average bill is 3,936 pesos.
These data were contrasted by the owner of AySA with the bill that an average user will pay when the tariff segmentation is completed, in mid-2023, when it will go from 752 pesos to 1,765 pesos.
In addition, Galamarini gave another current example, that of a house that occupies an area equivalent to a block in San Isidro, pays 13,610 pesos per month.
In addition, the official contextualized: “People pay 30 percent of what it costs to make it drinkable per liter of water. The State covers 70 percent of the service and 30 percent is covered by the company with collection income.”
In this framework, he assured that the segmentation presented today it will mean the total removal of subsidies for only 15 percent of all AySA users, around 3.5 million people in the AMBA.
Segmentation in the water rate
The reduction of subsidies in the rates of the Water and Sanitation company (AySA) will be carried out in a differentiated and gradual, progressively and gradually. The state company developed a segmentation scheme through the use of zonal coefficients.
According to Galmarini, residential users will have a cut according to zones, and non-residential users in stages; while the social and community rates will be maintained; and those who believe they cannot afford it will be considered.
In addition to defining the Federal Capital, North, West, Southeast and Southwest zones, within the residential users will be those of high level, which imply 14% of the cases; medium, 27%; and medium low, 47%; while non-residential are 9%.
From November those with a high level will stop receiving the subsidy in its entirety; those of medium level will lose them in two stages: in November it will be 40% and in January 20% to reach March without subsidies; and those of medium level will drop in November to 45%, in January to 30% and March to 15%, to keep them at that percentage.
For their part, non-residential residents will maintain 40% of the subsidies in November and 20% in January, and will not have them as of March. While, users who have the social rate (7% of residential users) will not have changes.
For Galmarini, the impact that this measure will have on the average bill in the high segment will imply an average rise from the current $841 to $2,099 in July 2023; mid-level ones will go from $744 to $1,873; and those of medium-low level from $707 to $1,500.