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Santo Domingo.- Parasites still cling to a number of elements that make it impossible for the electricity sector to achieve a 24 hour-service and as collateral damage have spurred a halt to investments on generation.

The concern voiced yesterday at the International Congress on the country’s electricity sector’s future, hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce’s (AMCHAMDR) Energy Committee, also listed several points which have prevented its development, such as the current "unmanageable" thefts.

"We can ensure that government intervention, the non-implementation of the technical fee, electricity fraud and late delivery of subsidies to the electricity distributors have halted investments in power generation. What's more, the distributors weren’t allowed to pass the increase in fuels since 2001," said Dominican Electricity Industry Association (ADIE) president Tito Sanjurjo.

"The distributors’ current debt with electricity generators reach nearly US$900 million," Sanjurjo said, and suggested lowering the monthly subsidy to people from 700 to 100 kilowatts, institutionalize the National Energy Commission and Electricity Superintendence, eliminate political influence on technical decisions, allocate funds to control fraud, improve the grids and re-privatize utility assets.

National Energy Commission (CNE) president Henry Ramirez, Dominican Hydroelectric Generating Company (EGEHID) director Victor Ventura and AES Dominicana commercial vice president Juan Ignacio Rubiolo also spoke in the forum.

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8 comment(s)
Written by: Ricardolito, 18 Jul 2012 10:21 AM
From: Dominican Republic, calle A.Portes
you can see these illegal lines in many areas ..why do the the companies just cut them and also have mobthly meter inspections
Written by: foresthill, 18 Jul 2012 10:34 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Ricardolito, You have made a very good and logical statement unfortunately, you are dealing with a country that does not understand the word continous maintanance.
Written by: hellborn25, 18 Jul 2012 10:57 AM
From: United States, I dont even live inside a house , I haunt one!
parasites that would be the right name, also worms , creepy crawlers also.
Written by: generoso, 18 Jul 2012 11:34 AM
From: Dominican Republic, United States
I heard that Celso Marranzini was opposed to a new US owned electricity generator plant, after a contract was signed, and is blocking them to favor his buddies, could this be true? Hard to believe.
Written by: GoneNative, 18 Jul 2012 11:38 AM
From: Dominican Republic, La Romana
If the number of very highly paid "directors" (who in fact do not direct anything) would be brought down to one, and that one be held responsable, electricity distribution would be cheeper, working and 24/7.
For the simpleton "Directors", You go home, and stay there.
The problem is not the few people that steal electricity, but the many that do not pay the bill, like the central government, and the many "empty and ineffective posititions" within the electricity production in this country.
Written by: elanonimo This user is banned, 18 Jul 2012 4:55 PM
From: Iceland, Haitians out of DR.
How about decentralize the problem instead of centralizing it for the whole DR. For example, towns like Bonao could try to resolve there own electric problem wihout being affected by other provinces or towns. Every sector that doesn't pay will be cut off, the one that pay will have 24 hour service, simple!
Written by: NYGuy35, 18 Jul 2012 7:40 PM
From: United States
Regional utilities make sense if the companies are private. With all the sun in DR solar panels would solve the issue. Cut the government middle man out.
Written by: TontoDominicano, 19 Jul 2012 12:51 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
Apparently it should also be fumigated to eliminate the parasites listed in this article

The big problem is the lack of investment in generation has been blocked at least one American company, NEC, according to Dominican Today public, which will be installed in Manzanillo, which does not require any guarantee of the Dominican state, something unusual to happen in a country paying hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies, which had promised there would be eliminated this year.

We compounded the situation of the population by the blackouts that are generating protests inside the country.

  We hope the new administration promote and support this type of investment, especially that of priority that does not mean any borrowing for the new government.
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