Electricity and gas subsidies: even when there is time to register

He The national government had to extend until mid-April the registration period for the Registry of Access to Energy Subsidies (RASE). In this way, people who meet the conditions to access subsidized electricity and gas rates, but who have not yet signed up, still have time to do so.

The measure is due to The government detected a significant number of potential beneficiaries that are not yet registered. As reported, there is a large lack of users in the interior of the country.

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“We have been delaying the segmentation because, in our opinion, there are people who should have the subsidy who were not noted in the RASE. We want to force registration, so that people are aware that they must do so. We are going to extend the registration until mid-April,” sources from the Ministry of Economy told Noticias Argentinas.

It is worth remembering that, yesterday in the communiqué of the agreement between the IMF and the State, the rationalization of spending on subsidies was one of the requirements for reach the goal of 1.9% of GDP in fiscal deficit in 2023.

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Where can you apply for the subsidy?

To complete the registration form, the user must have their electricity and gas bill and their ID as minimum requirements and enter the official website: www.argentina.gob.ar/subsidies. The process takes only a few minutes and is implemented through a registry to identify each of the households that need support from the National State.

All Argentines who want to maintain the subsidies must register to the energy they receive in their homes today.

Last week, the Ministry of Energy deepened the territorial operations to facilitate the registration of access to energy subsidies so that, above all, retirees and other users with less Internet access can complete the process.

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