Santo Domingo.- The Electricity Superintendence is promising that it will not pass on recent increases in the cost of generating electricity to the consumer, and will keep electricity rates stable this December.
According to a statement from the government body, customers will not be subject to increased charges for their electricity supply, although generation costs have gone up due to the price rise in fuel oil number 6, which has gone up by 11.70% from US$57 to US$63.6 in recent months.
The change in the dollar-peso exchange rate from RD$33.48 at the beginning of the year to RD$33.55 is also being blamed for the increased cost.
As a result, electricity rates for December should go up by 5.05 %, equivalent to RD$527.16 million. This increase will be absorbed by the government.
From: United States, NJ
The electricity supt should find other means of generating electricity instead of the gvt coming to his aid all the time.There are solar ,hydro as well as wind energy to be tapped.
Why rely on fossil fuel when the country does not produce it.and are so polutant ?
Importing a series of wind generators of 1.5 mw @ from Germany to make a wind pk in diferent locations in the Island would be ideal. I am sure that the EU could finance such project providing they install same and distribute it w/o giving money to the corrupt politicians. The reason i said Germany is because so far they have built the bigest.They also buy organic bananas from DR Holand in the other hand could provide the technical assistance and the know how on dams building as well as Canada on mini dams as they have been doing so far.The N/W region could be quipped with solar panels since they get the most sun. These are maint & fuel free projects that would last an eternity but not in the hands of corrupt politicians !
From: United States, NJ
Mr supt of electricity:
How in the world are you going to supply the METRO when you have not made provision for an electric power plant exclusively for the METRO?
Don;t you think that planning is part of your job? It takes time to built a 300 MW power plant for the METRO . Traction power,AC,illumination, signal ,fan/exaust,,pumping, when innundated, also drainage pumps for black water as well as potable water pumps.
Planning ahead is a must like B.H.ADAMS had said in an article under opinion and i agree with him by my experience in this field .Don't wait untill it is too late and want to tap the city electricity to
move your trains. It would be like borrowing from Paul to pay Pete.
From the economical view point: Can the poor mass afford to ride the METRO unless it is subsidized by the gvt as it is in NYC 80%? Don't forget we are up to the 9th loan for the METRO and that is only the start. Loans and BONDS upon maturity must be paid back or suffer confiscation by the lenders.
Written by: DaniDr, 12 Dec 2007 11:18 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
MrThelmoAlmeydaRancier,
A few months ago they made it clear they would balance the load between 2 electrical circuits. Basically, they said that most of the time one of either two sectors would have light, so the metro can get the power from there.
Honestly, I'm not taking the metro when It's finished, neither riding underground nor walking on top of it.
From: United States, NJ
Mr DaniDr:
This does not answer my questions previously mentioned above: You can balance the load all you want to when there is not sufficient energy to supply the capital. In this case would be sharing the load from the main supply,
Energy demand would oscilate according to the load put on it .57 train cars load running on peek hr is something to content with. Each car has a 20 ton unit ac-10 on opposite ends and 2 dc motors on opposite ends that would pick up power from the 3rd rail for traction. The breakers are rated at 2,000 amps each 650v DC.Also rectifiers s/s from AC to DC to be built.
As you had said on the above poster 'balance the load' on somethig as iinneficient as the power grid in (ND) DR . They don't have enogh electric power now for the population needs let alone for the infamous METRO.
How are they going to supply the industrial sector if they are to participate in DR-CAFTA when you have to feed the METRO ? Built a p.p.near the capital like ANDREA fueled by gas.
From: United States
Mr Rancier, nice to see you are back with us from hibernation. i addressed a post to you, but you either did not reply or the format changed and ate your reply. i will pose the request to you a second time. i remember in the not too distant past that the MTA undertook major repairs to the above ground lines of the number 2 line between E241 st and E238 st stations in baychester, bronx. my friend works at IRON NORTH, so i remember this very well. the repairs took years! so as an expert on the subject i would like you to explain to the supporters of the metro idea that getting it to run is only one problem; keeping it running safely is another. the spanish made cars used in washington dc derailed 5 times within 18 months! when these things break, its not like fixing a passola! please weigh in with your expertise to educate us
From: United States
Mr Rancier, nice to see you are back with us from hibernation. i addressed a post to you, but you either did not reply or the format changed and ate your reply. i will pose the request to you a second time. i remember in the not too distant past that the MTA undertook major repairs to the above ground lines of the number 2 line between E241 st and E238 st stations in baychester, bronx. my friend works at IRON NORTH, so i remember this very well. the repairs took years! so as an expert on the subject i would like you to explain to the supporters of the metro idea that getting it to run is only one problem; keeping it running safely is another. the spanish made cars used in washington dc derailed 5 times within 18 months! when these things break, its not like fixing a passola! please weigh in with your expertise to educate us
Written by: DaniDr, 13 Dec 2007 5:36 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
Hi Rancier,
I was focusing on the problem of continuity of power and may have subestimated the fact that the metro is going to draw a huge amount of power. Thanks for your info, now I understand the scale of the problem.
From: United States, NJ
Mr DaniDr:
I did answered your posters under a diferent name . I see by looking at the subject you are the same person
From: United States
Mr Rancier, you are responding to the poster formerly known as Mike l. unfortunately, i did not see your reply, so please indulge me and give us your insight on that subject if it is not too much trouble. Good day, and welcome back.
dreadlocks
From: United States, NJ
To dreadlocks:
As i had mentioned to Mike I :
The MTA priorities changes according to the riding public ,their power in the MTA and their political
clouts.
This job by now in Baychester should have been completed if proper allocated funding had been in place. Don't forget we are talking about The Bronx #1,2,3 lines not Queens where the elite lives.
Don't happen in the IND A,E,F lines since must profesionals and business person travel on.
The 207th st yd had to be increased to 2 shifts as was in the 1950 with the most laid up tracks in the system to accomodate the IRT,Had to built a spur in 1980 down from 207 IRT to 207 IND
barn. There they could service all trains as needed. So picture a barn fed from above IRT as well as bellow IND. The least maintained are the "A" trains as i said, no too many well to do and business people ride it ,but the laborers.I blame this on the DR politicians in Washington Heights,
where ridership on #1 and "A'is the most and all cost the same.
From: United States
thanks, Mr Rancier; actually, you are responding to mike l; i changed my nom de plume to dreadlocks on a lark! but i really wanted you to explain the possible costs and downtime to repair trains. everyone only talks about building it and running it, but nobody seems to discuss the horrors of repairing lines and subway cars. it is as though they think that trains run forever, without repairs, derailments, etc. and, while you are at it, you listed the #1,2 and 3 lines. dont forget my beloved #5 Dyre ave!
From: United States, NJ
DreaDlocks:
It is true that the overall cost to repairs at the long run is as expensive as a new system.. We must maintain the road way as much as the train that are going on it .
I would say the cost is aprox. 1.5 thruout life time of anything with the cost of living escalating and the rolling stocks also escalating . Overall it has to be maintained in order to have less down time
Am sorry about #5 line still fall under the same overlooked category by the MTA because it's in the BX not in Queens .See how good they maintain #7 line.
As to the enclosed maint. barns to stay out of the inclement weather, it is very expensive and so are the tools needed to perform maint. Also skilled personnel trained by the co. that sells the equipments and the techs don't come cheap.So you see when you put all that together it adds up.
All the rolling stocks are imported as well as the techs initially.
From: United States
thank you for your reply, Mr Rancier. at least we now have one more vital issue to ponder; the cost of maintaining the system, which in the long run can be as expensive as the system itself!
From: United States, NJ
To dreadlock:
You are correct on your statement of 14 dec 2007 8:37AM One additional thing, NYC subsidy
comes from the Fed,State,NYC itself plus the 4th equal part the riders which are 4 millions daily.
The DR is inheritting a white elephant subsidy for life, like the welfare dept of the USA.
This is lack of planning in the part of LF govt and himself personal,since he lived his infancy in Manhattan, & had the subways in place , it was rosey for him,w/o knowledge as to the cost .
As a lawyer he does not show me much .All these corrupt politicians are usually lawyers and
profesional crooks.
The DR gvts have always lacked good management & administration ,in place of cronism and have always since it was created perpetuated itself on borrowed money from the international banks such as WB and IMF, leaving the debts to the following gvt. If those lenders meant well which they don't ,would not give the gvts cash flow but make sure under their supv it is applied as intended.
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Why rely on fossil fuel when the country does not produce it.and are so polutant ?
Importing a series of wind generators of 1.5 mw @ from Germany to make a wind pk in diferent locations in the Island would be ideal. I am sure that the EU could finance such project providing they install same and distribute it w/o giving money to the corrupt politicians. The reason i said Germany is because so far they have built the bigest.They also buy organic bananas from DR Holand in the other hand could provide the technical assistance and the know how on dams building as well as Canada on mini dams as they have been doing so far.The N/W region could be quipped with solar panels since they get the most sun. These are maint & fuel free projects that would last an eternity but not in the hands of corrupt politicians !
How in the world are you going to supply the METRO when you have not made provision for an electric power plant exclusively for the METRO?
Don;t you think that planning is part of your job? It takes time to built a 300 MW power plant for the METRO . Traction power,AC,illumination, signal ,fan/exaust,,pumping, when innundated, also drainage pumps for black water as well as potable water pumps.
Planning ahead is a must like B.H.ADAMS had said in an article under opinion and i agree with him by my experience in this field .Don't wait untill it is too late and want to tap the city electricity to
move your trains. It would be like borrowing from Paul to pay Pete.
From the economical view point: Can the poor mass afford to ride the METRO unless it is subsidized by the gvt as it is in NYC 80%? Don't forget we are up to the 9th loan for the METRO and that is only the start. Loans and BONDS upon maturity must be paid back or suffer confiscation by the lenders.
A few months ago they made it clear they would balance the load between 2 electrical circuits. Basically, they said that most of the time one of either two sectors would have light, so the metro can get the power from there.
Honestly, I'm not taking the metro when It's finished, neither riding underground nor walking on top of it.
This does not answer my questions previously mentioned above: You can balance the load all you want to when there is not sufficient energy to supply the capital. In this case would be sharing the load from the main supply,
Energy demand would oscilate according to the load put on it .57 train cars load running on peek hr is something to content with. Each car has a 20 ton unit ac-10 on opposite ends and 2 dc motors on opposite ends that would pick up power from the 3rd rail for traction. The breakers are rated at 2,000 amps each 650v DC.Also rectifiers s/s from AC to DC to be built.
As you had said on the above poster 'balance the load' on somethig as iinneficient as the power grid in (ND) DR . They don't have enogh electric power now for the population needs let alone for the infamous METRO.
How are they going to supply the industrial sector if they are to participate in DR-CAFTA when you have to feed the METRO ? Built a p.p.near the capital like ANDREA fueled by gas.
I was focusing on the problem of continuity of power and may have subestimated the fact that the metro is going to draw a huge amount of power. Thanks for your info, now I understand the scale of the problem.
I did answered your posters under a diferent name . I see by looking at the subject you are the same person
dreadlocks
As i had mentioned to Mike I :
The MTA priorities changes according to the riding public ,their power in the MTA and their political
clouts.
This job by now in Baychester should have been completed if proper allocated funding had been in place. Don't forget we are talking about The Bronx #1,2,3 lines not Queens where the elite lives.
Don't happen in the IND A,E,F lines since must profesionals and business person travel on.
The 207th st yd had to be increased to 2 shifts as was in the 1950 with the most laid up tracks in the system to accomodate the IRT,Had to built a spur in 1980 down from 207 IRT to 207 IND
barn. There they could service all trains as needed. So picture a barn fed from above IRT as well as bellow IND. The least maintained are the "A" trains as i said, no too many well to do and business people ride it ,but the laborers.I blame this on the DR politicians in Washington Heights,
where ridership on #1 and "A'is the most and all cost the same.
It is true that the overall cost to repairs at the long run is as expensive as a new system.. We must maintain the road way as much as the train that are going on it .
I would say the cost is aprox. 1.5 thruout life time of anything with the cost of living escalating and the rolling stocks also escalating . Overall it has to be maintained in order to have less down time
Am sorry about #5 line still fall under the same overlooked category by the MTA because it's in the BX not in Queens .See how good they maintain #7 line.
As to the enclosed maint. barns to stay out of the inclement weather, it is very expensive and so are the tools needed to perform maint. Also skilled personnel trained by the co. that sells the equipments and the techs don't come cheap.So you see when you put all that together it adds up.
All the rolling stocks are imported as well as the techs initially.
You are correct on your statement of 14 dec 2007 8:37AM One additional thing, NYC subsidy
comes from the Fed,State,NYC itself plus the 4th equal part the riders which are 4 millions daily.
The DR is inheritting a white elephant subsidy for life, like the welfare dept of the USA.
This is lack of planning in the part of LF govt and himself personal,since he lived his infancy in Manhattan, & had the subways in place , it was rosey for him,w/o knowledge as to the cost .
As a lawyer he does not show me much .All these corrupt politicians are usually lawyers and
profesional crooks.
The DR gvts have always lacked good management & administration ,in place of cronism and have always since it was created perpetuated itself on borrowed money from the international banks such as WB and IMF, leaving the debts to the following gvt. If those lenders meant well which they don't ,would not give the gvts cash flow but make sure under their supv it is applied as intended.