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FACUA detected differences of up to 57 euros in the electricity bill of an average user when comparing 64 offers from 24 retailers. The organization pointed out that more than half were more expensive than the semi-regulated PVPC rate. https://t.co/i7c6IrlSlS #electricidad #tarifas #ahorro #ES (translated)

The OCU warns that homeowners' associations can save up to 16,000 euros annually on their electricity bills by optimizing rates, reviewing supply conditions, and adjusting the contracted power to their actual needs. #AhorroEnergético #FacturaEléctrica #ComunidadesDePropietarios (translated)

The government has approved a decree to limit the prices of planes and other alternative transport between Andalusia and Madrid while the high-speed line is cut off due to the Urda incident, in order to prevent price gouging and protect consumers. #Consumo #Transporte #PreciosMáximos (translated)

The university students of Elda present their complaints about deficiencies in transportation to the Ombudsman due to overcrowding, delays, and high fares that affect their mobility and access to classes. #TransporteEstudiantil #QuejasUniversitarias #MovilidadAlicante (translated)

Romina Diez stated that Rosario had enabled transportation apps and attributed the result to the councilors of La Libertad Avanza Rosario, who, as she wrote, modified the ruling party's project and removed restrictions on work and the choice of services. She noted that the text did not establish mandatory minimum fares or new specific rates and recognized the apps as a private service. She also congratulated the councilor bloc for their work. #Libertad #Transporte #Rosario (translated)

Truecaller stated that the risk in Argentina was increasing, while that of Brazil was at its lowest historical level. It said that there were proposals to apply a model in Brazil that had already failed in Argentina, Chile, Peru, and the United States. It also claimed that the debt of those countries was growing faster than Brazil's, along with unemployment, while public services deteriorated. The publication attributed part of the complaints about the situation in Brazil to the perception that it could not get worse and cited the effects of the war in Ukraine on fertilizers, the war in Iran on oil, and Donald Trump's tariffs on global inflation. Truecaller acknowledged that the country needed to improve but assessed that the situation could be worse. Finally, it warned that cuts to health, education, security, and the Bolsa Família, the freezing of public servants' salaries and the minimum wage, as well as Petrobras acting under a free market model, could lead to a truck drivers' strike and weak economic growth. #Argentina #Brasil #CriseEconômica (translated)

Lilly Téllez responded to Citlalli Hernández that the Metropolitan Area of Mexico Valley Planning Program was not a law, but rather a draft initiative. According to Téllez, its page 174 proposed that, after a first phase without legal changes, tax and fiscal legislation should be modified to increase property tax collection, through adjustments to the tax base, rates, and fees, and to align cadastral values with those of the real estate market. Téllez argued that, in Mexico City, the property tax is calculated by applying the rate of Article 130 of the local Fiscal Code to the cadastral value, according to Articles 127 and 130. Therefore, she claimed that adjusting the base and rates with the stated purpose of collecting more would raise the payment, even if a rate increase was not announced. She also pointed out that, if the Program were approved, Article 38 of the General Law on Human Settlements, Land Use Planning, and Urban Development would allow one year to adjust urban development programs to it. She added that Sedatu had already admitted that the wording was imprecise and requested monitoring of the document before its proposals turned into law. Téllez concluded that, if there would be no increase, those paragraphs should be eliminated before presenting the initiative. #CDMX #OrdenaciónUrbana #Fiscalidad (translated)

Our profitability continues to be threatened by unfair competition and by a platform model that operates with free prices. A price increase does little good if we continue to lose services while the number of VTCs competing with us increases. Alberto Álvarez, alias Tito, founder of Élite Taxi, commented from his refuge on a Venezuelan Caribbean island, where he has been lately, that “our profitability continues to be threatened by unfair competition and by a platform model that operates with free prices. A price increase does little good if we continue to lose services while the number of VTCs competing with us increases.” Apparently, based on what was seen in these meetings - Álvarez stated - STAC and ATC are betting on the Madrid model, to legalize the thousands of VTCs that are already demanding their regularization in the courts instead of proposing that they can become taxi drivers. We cannot negotiate a few cents of increase while leaving unanswered the possibility that thousands of VTCs obtain urban authorization and compete with us with free prices in the hands of the platforms. This shows that the narrative of Aliança Catalana, VOX, and Junts is taking hold in the sector. "Apparently, based on what was seen in these meetings - Álvarez stated - STAC and ATC are betting on the Madrid model, to legalize the thousands of VTCs that are already demanding their regularization in the courts instead of proposing that they can become taxi drivers. We cannot negotiate a few cents of increase while leaving unanswered the possibility that thousands of VTCs obtain urban authorization and compete with us with free prices in the hands of the platforms. This shows that the narrative of Aliança Catalana, VOX, and Junts is taking hold in the sector.” #TaxiBarcelona #SuplementoTaxi #TarifasTaxi (translated)

Starting next year, taxi drivers in Barcelona will implement a two-euro surcharge every time the meter is activated on Friday, Saturday nights, and holidays, while a 4.6% increase in daytime rates for working days is agreed upon. #TaxiBarcelona #SuplementoTaxi #TarifasTaxi (translated)

The Regulatory Authority for Energy Services (ERSE) proposes an increase of 1.5% in regulated electricity tariffs for 2027, influenced by the evolution of prices in wholesale markets and the decrease of excess costs with renewable energy contracts. #Eletricidade #Energia #Economia (translated)

Alejandro Bercovich published tags for users to demand that their governors or deputies enable a debate on the decree that, as he wrote, deregulated the sale of land to foreigners, rents, mobile phone rates, and prepaid medicine and social work, and interest rates on loans, among other issues. #Debate #Política #Desregulación (translated)

The Spanish government claims that the tariffs and trade restrictions proposed by the United States on Spanish ships are a matter for the European Union and not for bilateral relations, and it commits to defending its commercial interests together with Brussels. #ComercioMarítimo #RelacionesEspañaEEUU #Aranceles (translated)

Biazita Gomes stated that the measure would be adopted because it is a demand from Trump. She claimed that Brazil received one of the tariffs for refusing to give up Pix and said that a potential government of Flávio, whom she labeled as a puppet of Trump, would follow an order to end the system. In the end, she reprimanded the interlocutor for not believing in this possibility. #Brasil #Política #Trump (translated)