The electricity bill will increase from next April due to an adjustment for an increase in the price of fuel and purchase of energy that the Electricity Authority (AEE) submitted to the Energy Negotiation for consideration.
The EEA recalled that it is responsible for presenting the projections and costs to be reconciled, while the Energy Negotiator evaluates them, audits them and establishes the quarterly adjustment to be returned to the customer or vice versa.
According to the EEA, so far in 2021 “new global trends began to be reflected due to the opening of the economy after the closures due to the COVID pandemic. Also, prices of oil are beginning to experience their fluctuations and we are beginning to see trends later in the pandemic, ie a market in recovery and increase “.
According to the EEA, during the quarter of January to March 2021, a residential customer covered by the General Residential Service (GRS) tariff with a consumption of 800 kWh reflected a cost per kilowatt-hour of 18.16 c / kWh.
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It was reported in a press release, that due to the increase in the price of oil was submitted to the Energy negotiator a projection of the current adjustment. The EEA assured that the basic electricity tariff will remain unchanged and that the adjustment will correspond to the cost of fuel and energy purchase.
“This represents about 20.30 c / kWh which, if approved by the Negotiated, will be reflected in the quarter comprising the months of April, May and June 2021. The Authority’s team is committed to working with the Negotiated of Energy for the whole continue to evaluate the available alternatives to minimize the impact of the fit in the pocket of the customers “, it was indicated.
The EEA argued that the adjustment presented to the negotiator considers a $ 19 million discount on the cost of fuel due to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reimbursement. It was indicated that this reimbursement corresponds to the expenditure incurred by the EEA in the purchase of fuel to operate the emergency units that were in service replacing the generation of units 5 and 6 of the Central South Coast, which were left out of service following the earthquakes in 2020. FEMA will reimburse $ 19 million, so it is unreasonable for subscribers to have to pay for this fuel.