Minem: gas bottle discount voucher will increase to S/43 per month

From today, the discount voucher of the Energy Fund for Social Integration (FISE) will increase its value, the Ministry of Energy and Subsoil Use reported (Minem).

The voucher given to residents of the regions with the greatest poverty for the purchase of a 10 kg gas cylinder will increase from 32 to 43 s/month.

This S/43 discount extends to the most remote communities and with higher levels poverty, in Cusco, Ucayali, Piura and Tumbes. As stated in the resolution, the measure is applied in cases where natural gas fields are in operation.

In addition, in the province of La Convention (Cusco), namely in the districts of Megantoni and Quepasciato, the amount of the FISE voucher will increase to S/63.

“Our idea is to come with gas cheap to those distant places and that you need to benefit from gas production in these regions,” said Minem CEO Oscar Vera.

How much does a gas bottle cost?

The blockade of roads in recent weeks has led to a drop in supplies CIS in various regions. Even the Peruvian Society of Hydrocarbons (SPH) claims that the reserves in Puno and Madre de Dios have already run out, there has been no LPG for several days.

In Puno, a rise in the price of a gas cylinder, since before the protests the price of ball 10 kg used to cost SGD 50, but nowadays families have to buy it for up to SGD 80.

For its part, Madre de Dios reports that even some stores offer a 10-kilogram ball for up to S/200.

In addition, Apurimac kitchen bowl it increased from 45 s/52 to 52 s/, in Loreto to 69 s/, in Huancayo an increase from 48 s//52 to 52 s/, and in Chiclayo from 46 s//53 to 53 s/.