Yes there is. More than enough.

anthonyc, you cannot assert that there is sufficient mass to support three power companies without doing a feasibility study. forgive me, but i am a stickler for figures. i am a project economist by training from the world bank, and i like to see numbers, projections and statistical analysis. in the event that the numbers do not add up, and all three companies do not achieve economies of scale, they will simply cartelise and set a price which will make them all profitable and impoverish the people. if the government does not like their actions, they will simply close down and send the country into the stone age.

You made the statement. So you are the one that has to show the #.

You may have worked for the World Bank but I am an entrepeneur. I can make whatever numbers you can come up with work.

well, anthonyc, you can make them work if i say they can. but if the analysis says they cannot, i dont care if you are Jesus Christ himself. the figures are the figures. if i say that a home heating company will not do well in the caribbean, i do not care whether or not you are an entrepreneur..i win!

So where are the #?

if a well heeled party is willing to foot the bill, i will undertake a comprehensive study to establish the viability, or non viability, of multiple service providers. you have any idea what it would cost me just to access data for a geograhic information study? no sir, i would have to be compensated for my efforts. so, until then, you get no figures nor findings from me. i am really averse to speculation and guessing games.

So, in other words, what you stated as fact has no basis to be considered so.

anthonyc, you are really tiresome. can you read? did i not say that you cannot assert that there is more than enough critical mass without doing a study? does that not suggest that i mean that the facts have yet to be established? this is not really difficult, dude. an eight year old child can follow this line of argument. you are so desperate to score points that you do not even take the time to comprehend the parameters of the discourse. are you that dense, or are you just posting for comic relief and or alarm?

You stated as fact that the DR does not have a large enough power grid to support various private companies.
You cannot back up that fact with numbers.

Unless you can back them up then they are not FACT!

anthonyc, are you some sort of cro-magnon mutant, unable to reason in the world of today? show me one qoute that i made regarding the dominican grid and its ability to support multiple providers. if you read the thread, ladronaso introduced the idea of multiple producers and economies of scale. i stated that with multiple providers, economies of scale would not be accomplished. you then stated that if the country was broken up into 3-5 areas, economies of scale would be reached. i responded that we could not establish that assertion unless a feasibility study was done. not only are you simple minded, you are dishonest, and that is even worse. to attribute to someone something he did not say is beneath contempt, but par for the course for a man with your lack of character!