During the second half of this year, Electricity accounts throughout the country will experience an increase again, with an estimated average of 7.1%.
The professor of the Department of Electricity Engineering of the Usach, Humberto Verdejo, explained that “In general terms, the rate has three components: the price of energy that is defined by supply contracts is what goes up (70%); The cost of the use of electric roads, which weighs 10% of the rate and what we pay to the distribution company, which weighs 20% ”.
In addition, he added that “In January of this year, a tariff standardization process ended, which had several consecutive increases associated. That is associated with the component of energy, That is the one that weighs 70%, was definitively defrosting and we begin to pay from January what corresponds. ”
Regarding this new adjustment, Verdejo said “The rise corresponds to the tariff process of the second semester of 2025, which should be between 5 and 11% nationwide.” Although the supply contracts promoted at the time managed to reduce prices, he explained that “the tariff transfer has a delay between 5 and 7 years.” He added: “We must consider that a large part of the increases we have seen in recent years respond to the rate frozen. If we had not had these mechanisms, we would be on a decreasing slope.”
In addition to the ongoing adjustment, An upcoming increase associated with a debt with distribution companies is projected of electricity.
Appliances that most consume electricity
Verdejo also detailed what are the artifacts that most affect electricity spending, especially during the winter: “Everything that generates heat: stove, washing machine, dryer, boothing, electric oven. Everything that generates heat is high consumption. And in the summer, everything that generates cold is high consumption.”
Recommendations to save
The engineer advised to implement some measures to reduce consumption: “The recommendation is to try to do management, you can ask that you use the washing machine and dryer at maximum load; if you are going to use a kettle, with a thermos; and use thicker curtains so that heat does not escape. ”
In that line, he especially emphasized the use of electric bristles: “If you use the kettle three times a day during the 30 days of the month you are spending between 5 thousand and 6 thousand pesos. Management has relevance, it is one of the most heat appliances.”