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Argentina Enacts Targeted Energy Subsidies (SEF), Replacing Three-Tier Scheme

The decree takes immediate effect to move tariff setting to an income-tested model.

Overview

  • The measure creates the ReSEF registry using RASE data, with automatic migration for existing enrollees and a new portal for queries and claims at argentina.gob.ar/subsidios.
  • Eligibility centers on households with total net income at or below three Canastas Básicas Totales for a Hogar 2, with specific consideration for ReNaBaP holders, Malvinas veterans’ pensions and CUD cases.
  • The scheme defines electricity base blocks of 300 kWh in higher-demand months and 150 kWh in others, applies a general 50% discount on base consumption, and adds an extraordinary bonus of up to 25% in 2026 that tapers monthly.
  • For gas, subsidies apply to the Plan Gas.Ar-based Precio Anual Uniforme and exclude LNG or off-plan contracts; seasonal gas bonifications concentrate in April–September, with no base discount in warmer months.
  • The Tarifa Social and Programa Hogar are repealed, with a six-month migration for garrafa beneficiaries via ANSES, while ENRE and ENARGAS are instructed to adapt tariff tables amid uncertainty over immediate reflection in January bills.