La Derecha Diario Córdoba: Sturzenegger put an end to a scheme with electricity meters at EPEC
Resolution 165/25 puts an end to an absurd regulation that doubled the cost of each meter installed in the country
Since Milei's administration took office, every day we discover a scam, regulation, or absurd additional cost that only complicates life for all Argentinians.
This week, Federico Sturzenegger is making us freer by dismantling an absurd regulation that required individual testing for each electric meter before installation. This measure, in effect until now, caused an estimated additional 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.
The additional costs of EPEC in Córdoba
The decision by the Minister of Deregulation 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. This not only means more work hours for the installation of each meter, but it also doubles its cost.
Thus, to the price of each meter (between 20 and 25 dollars), the additional cost of the test 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
Faced with this, 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 conducted on a sample basis, and it will no longer be mandatory to test each one individually. With this, the possibility of private certifications for meters is also enabled.
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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