Córdoba: Sturzenegger put an end to a scheme with electricity meters at EPEC

Since Milei's government took office, every day we discover a scam, regulation, or absurd extra cost that only complicates life for all Argentinians.

This week, Federico Sturzenegger is making us freer by dismantling an absurd regulation that required individual tests for each electric meter before installation. This measure, in effect until now, caused an estimated extra cost of 20 dollars per unit, doubling the price of each meter. With approximately 600,000 meters installed annually, the total expense amounted to 12 million dollars per year.

EPEC's extra costs in Córdoba

The Minister of Deregulation's decision was motivated after his communication with the president of the Provincial Energy Company of Córdoba (EPEC). In this conversation, it was discovered that for each meter installed by the company, it is subjected to a test trial. This not only means more work hours for the installation of each meter, but it also doubles the cost of the meter itself.

Thus, to the price of each meter (between 20 and 25 dollars), the extra cost of the test trial must be added. The latter is around 20 dollars, thus doubling the installation costs that will later be paid by the end consumer.

This way, with an average of 600,000 meters installed per year, the company would have found a business deal that provided it with about 12 million dollars annually.

Sturzenegger's actions

In response, the minister contacted the Secretary of Commerce, Esteban Marzorati, to dismantle this regulatory maze that operated throughout the country. With Resolution 165/25, published on Thursday, May 29, a million-dollar business deal was brought to an end.

From this resolution onward, meter tests will be sample-based, and it will not be mandatory to perform them on each individual meter. The resolution also allows for the possibility of private certifications for meters.

Obsolete regulations

This decision is part of a series of reforms promoted by the national government to encourage an increasingly free private sector and reduce bureaucracy. President Javier Milei has emphasized the importance of reducing unnecessary state intervention. Every obstacle removed represents progress toward the economic freedom of citizens.

The elimination of obsolete and costly regulations demonstrates the government's commitment to deregulation and the promotion of a more favorable environment for economic development and investment. Once again, examples like these show that state interference in the private sector only serves to harm the citizen.

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