EVALUATION OF THE TARIFF SCHEMES OF CLEANING APPLIED IN COLOMBIA

Abstract

The study makes an analysis of the tariff schemes developed by the public system of cleaning in Colombia.

The article is reflective and analytical in nature, it analyzes several documents issued by the regulatory entity of the cleaning service (Commission for the Regulation of Drinking Water and Basic Sanitation, CRA) related to the tariff issue of cleaning in Colombia with the purpose of looking at the regulatory advances and their effectiveness in the application of these schemes.

The cleaning tariff schemes applied in Colombia have been issued under the regime of regulated freedom, they have progressively covered a greater number of activities and have had in common the use of the average cost methodology, using the regulatory technique of ceiling price, combined with the reference cost and price band techniques.

The latest Resolution (CRA 853 of 2018) for small providers addresses methodologies for particular situations that arise in the Colombian geographic and social reality and that had not been taken into account in the previous rate schemes such as small providers, rural populated centers, hard-to-reach areas and regional schemes.