Overview
- Effective January 1 under Decree 943/2025, the SEF replaces the prior income segmentation and Programa Hogar with a unified system managed through the new ReSEF, which is auto‑populated from the RASE database.
- Former Programa Hogar beneficiaries, users of 10‑kg LPG cylinders and selected Tarifa Social de Gas localities must re‑register online at argentina.gob.ar/subsidios within a six‑month window, providing DNI, CUILs, service data and an email.
- The scheme grants a 50% subsidy on electricity within monthly blocks of 300 kWh in high‑demand months and 150 kWh in temperate months, a 50% subsidy on network gas only from May to September, and a 50% discount on one LPG cylinder per month (two in winter) applied at purchase via virtual payments.
- A transitory 25% bonus applies in January 2026 and tapers through the year, lifting the total electricity discount to 75% this month and granting a 25% relief on gas bills that otherwise lack off‑season subsidies.
- The government aims to cut energy subsidies from about 0.9% to 0.5% of GDP as analysts forecast average gas bills roughly 23% above 2025 with off‑season jumps up to 40%, while experts flag pending rules for propano por redes and data or efficiency gaps that could strain vulnerable households.