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SANTO DOMINGO. - The losses in unbilled or stolen energy from January to August reached RD$12.7 billion (US$371 million), or more than twice the Government’s subsidy for electricity consumed by the barrios within the Blackouts Reduction Program (PRA).
The figures, from the Energy Monitor report of the Economy Ministry’s Social and Economic Analysis Advisory Unit, show that 47 of every 100 homes connected to the grid don’t have a meter to measure electricity consumption.
It also shows that from January to August 87 percent of the electricity supplied was distributed to sectors not included in the PRA, which are the commercial distribution circuits.
The report stresses that of the total energy distributed to the system’s commercial circuits in the first eight months this year, -6,015 Gigawatt/hours- only 66.5 percent was billed; the remaining 33.5 percent was electricity dispatched by the power companies that the distributors didn’t invoice, mostly because of theft.
SOURCE: listin.com.do
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Keep in mind, this is US 364.3 million in only eight (8) months or half a billion US ($546.4 million) on an annualized basis. How can a country like this be competitive? How can you attract and retain textile jobs from Asia when their is substandard infrastructure, power and distribtuion for manufacturers to operate and pay (without power thefts). The law obeying firms must pay more for the households & other manufacturers that steal power.
Prez LF needs to take a lesson from the Prez elect Obama....invest in your own country's infrastructure such as roads, bridges, state of the art transportation to reduce traffic & oil/gas dependecy, create a green environment to 'multi-source" energy (solar, wind, hydro etc).
And as for JD's suggestion about nuclear power: I will move to the exact opposite side of the planet if we ever get nuclear power here. Look how they maintain the regular power plants.
Since you are into correcting spelling errors, its bien!
Since you are into correcting spelling errors, its too and bien!
And make sure every meter is paid for monthly
WTF. How is this so hard to STOP?
Can someone explain to me?
This SAME topic has been regurgitated a 1000 times over the last 7 years.
Dominicans are shameless, they have no embarrassment conscience.
Just do something about it and quit repeating it. You look like a bunch of MORONS.