EDELAP electricity distributor president Alejandro McFarlane criticized Arias, calling on him to quit “playing politics” via his rulings, and influencing users to not pay their electricity bill. Thursday, August 4, 2016 Federal judge blocks all electricity hikes‘Exorbitant’ increases suspended across country, Macri administration vows to appealDealing yet another blow to the government’s hopes of reducing the fiscal deficit this year, electricity bill hikes by all distributors across the country were frozen yesterday after a federal judge accepted a request for an injunction filed by consumer protection organizations. Electricity market wholesaler CAMMESA must also abstain from passing the new hikes on to all the electricity distributors in the country until a public hearing is conducted. “An injunction based on a collective action request accepted by a federal judge is valid in every part of the nation,” she said. Yesterday’s judicial ruling echoed a decision issued last month dealing with natural gas rates hikes.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald August 04, 2016 03:45 UTC