The president ordered that Ministry of Mines and the Superservices negotiate with these companies the decline of the rates or apply the decree.
President Gustavo Petro talking about the energy issue in the Caribbean region.
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After several hours of waiting, dozens of Barranquilleros who participated in the mobilization for energy democracy were able to meet with the president of the Republic, Gustavo Petrowho in the middle of the Carrera 50 with Vía 40, issued an address to lash out against energy generation rates, ensuring that they are illegal.
According to the president, the six main energy generators in the country, “They use a formula that was prepared by the Energy Regulation Commission (CREG), in order to cheat users to pay a higher price than it should be, according to what the Constitution establishes“said the head of state.
“The Lords of Isagén, the gentlemen of EPM, etc. But they sell at the price of the gentlemen who teach the gas at the price of Ukraine (for the war), “he said.
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And he added that: “I tell the people that this rate is illegal. On December 18, a new tariff formula for electricity in Colombia was approved, Of that report in Barranquilla, the press has not spoken much of that because because they do not say good things but are pending if sneeze and say why he sneezed. The formula what he says is that we divide two large groups of generators, the others under costs in one group and the high costs in another group”
Besides, Petro lashed out against former vice president, Germán Vargas Lleras and the former Minister of Finance, Mauricio Cárdenas whom he points out of selling Isagén to a private signature in an arbitrary way without more bidders.
“At the moment when Germán Vargas Lleras sold Isagén, against the desire of Antioquia and Colombians who wanted to keep it as a public company, at that time we lost ways of monitoring what costs related to their final prices the generation is sold. Privatization put sales to the entire Colombian society and the State because it is already difficult to know how much it costs to generate a kilowatt hour “he said.
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The Head of State He explained that on average the generation of the Kilovatio Hora (average of household consumption), costs the large generators on average 100 pesos and sell it up to 1,300 pesos. “Not even cocaine has that profitability in Colombia,” he said.
Finally, the president questioned the threats of the multinational Brookfield (owner of Isagén) on a lawsuit before the State Council against the decree of the Ministry of Mines and the resolution of the CREG that seeks to reduce rates.
“The owner of Brookfield (nicknames of Isagen), already said that he will sue the Minister’s decree where the bag reduces the bag to lower the rates from 25 to 5% and that he will not allow then that he will then allow him to then allow him to Lower electricity rates in Colombia. Who then has the power in this country the president of Colombia and the CREG, which according to the Constitution and the law are the regulators of the tariff formula and the public power service or the owner of a private company that was bought at the price of Ganga the largest hydroelectric public company in Colombia ”said the president.
Finally, the president ordered the Minister of Mines and Energy and the Superintendence of Public Services that negotiate with the generators so that they are expected to reduce the rates or otherwise they apply the decree that obliges and sanctions them for not complying with the presidential order.
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