The Punta Catalina Electric Generation Company (EGEPC) increased its employee workforce between January and November 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. However, its personnel expenses decreased by US$10 million, about RD$610 million at the official dollar rate.
The staff size went from 434 to 444 in the indicated period, while expenses decreased from US$15 million to US$5 million, according to the latest performance report of the state electricity companies of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM).
Likewise, expenses on non-personal services of the state company experienced a significant drop, going from US$100.4 million to RD$16.1 million, which represents a decrease of US$84.3 million,
Expenses on materials and supplies decreased from US$17 million to US$5.2 million, for a decrease of US$11.8 million. Expenses on contributions to the sector increased from zero to US$3.8 million.
Billing for energy sales reached 4,598.7 gigawatt hours (GWh) between January and November 2025, which represents an increase of 154.0 GWh, equivalent to 3.5%, compared to the same period in 2024.
The monetary value of billing amounted to US$566.2 million, with an increase of US$5.4 million (equivalent to 4.7%) compared to the same period of the previous year. March and May were the months with the lowest income from energy sales.
He price pThe average sale price was 12.31 cents per kilowatt hour, while the total production cost amounted to US$236.1 million.
According to the MEM report, this last value began to be reported as of February 2025 with the aim of improving the transparency of operating results. The amount includes direct costs, wholesale electricity market charges, production personnel costs and other operating costs.
Of the total production costs, US$191.1 million corresponded to direct costs, US$23.5 million to charges from the Wholesale Electricity Market, US$12.5 million to production personnel costs and US$9 million to other operational production costs.
January was the month with the highest amount in production costs, with US$25.9 million, followed by July, with US$23.54 million. In contrast, February recorded the lowest amount, with US$17.41 million.
Total expenditure during this period was US$201.5 million, distributed as follows:
• Operating expenses: US$30.1 million
• Depreciation expenses: US$93.1 million
• Financial expenses: US$0.7 million
• Other expenses: US$77.5 million
The investments executed amounted to US$0.8 million, which represents a decrease of US$2.8 million compared to the same period in 2024.
On the other hand, depreciation and amortization expenses totaled US$93 million in the period January-November 2025, while in the same period of the previous year no amounts were recorded for this concept.
Punta Catalina sold a total of 1,532.9 GWh to each of the electricity distribution companies. However, the payments made by the distributors varied: Edenorte paid US$191.4 million, Edesur US$185.5 million and Edeeste US$186.1 million. In addition, US$3.2 million were invoiced in the spot market.
Punta Catalina is a state-owned thermoelectric plant located in the municipal district of Catalina, in Baní, Peravia province. It is made up of two electrical generation units, each with a capacity of 360 megawatts (MW), adding up to a total of 720 MW. These units are synchronized with the National Interconnected Electrical System (SENI).
Celso Marranzini
Since April 2023, Punta Catalina has been run by businessman Celso Marranzini, who holds the position of executive vice president of the Board of Directors. In addition, Marranzini was appointed in January 2024 as president of the Unified Council of Electricity Distribution Companies (CUED), with the aim of reducing electricity losses, but he has not been able to achieve this. The data is there: the Electricity Distribution Companies (EDE) accumulated total losses equivalent to 42.9% of the energy acquired until November 2025.
