MINEM: More than 2 million 500 thousand families have natural gas or FISE Discount Voucher

This Minem release was published using machine translation.

The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM), as administrator of the Energy Social Inclusion Fund (FISE), has programs that promote access to clean energy through social compensation, allowing the most vulnerable families to have natural gas service. or with FISE Discount Vouchers.

To date, through the Bonogas program, which finances the construction of home natural gas connections according to social stratum, it has been possible for nearly 1.5 million homes in 9 regions, 18 provinces and 97 districts to have this fuel. less polluting and economical.

The regions with the most progress in the massification of natural gas, outside of Lima, are La Libertad (55,621 connections), Ica (45,713), Lambayeque (25,224) and Áncash with (18,355), and are followed by Cajamarca, Piura , Arequipa and Tacna, where the construction of distribution networks has already begun.

In the regions of Huancavelica and Cusco, the Bidding processes were completed and they are close to having the Natural Gas Distribution service. Likewise, the Tender to execute natural gas projects in the province of Quillabamba is in process.

On the other hand, FISE successfully carries out its Compensation and Promotion Program for Access to LPG, which has issued more than 1,134,577 FISE discount vouchers in the month of March, a program focused initially on homes, expanding this benefit to food support organizations.

This program allows beneficiary families to purchase an LPG cylinder, up to 10 kg, with a discount of 20 soles, and in the case of the 15,449 social institutions served, the compensation reaches up to 43 soles.

The MINEM has managed the issuance of regulatory provisions that allow optimizing the benefit of the FISE Discount Voucher, such as: increase in the electrical energy consumption threshold from 42 to 70 Kwh and the increase in the economic value to S/ 43, S/ 63 and S/ 80 according to prioritization.

The Government promotes the widespread use of natural gas, in this stage of energy transition, which seeks to reduce dependence on fossil fuels in homes, transportation and economic activities.