He Executive powerrepresented by the Presidency of the Republic, it is the organ that presents the greater delay in the fulfillment of their Commitments in the Electric Pacthaving finished only one of the nine assigned, five has not started them and only three are in process.
The Executive has the responsibilitymainly, to promote a series of legislative modifications or ratifications binding on Electric sector and Changes in subsidies policybut despite having passed four years after the signing of the document has not launched the large part of its tasks.
This is contained in the first Annual Report 2024 of oversight and monitoring of the Electric pact-RD, presented yesterday, and in which the assessment on the results of the implementation of the 167 commitments assigned to 11 compromising institutions.
The document establishes that, of the total assigned tasks To the different institutions, only 15 of them have not begun, 91 are finished and 57 are in process. Meanwhile, there are four that the researchers failed to obtain information about their status.
Of its assignments, the Presidency has only executed the ratification by law of the creation of Dominican electric transmission companies and that of Dominican hydroelectric generation.
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However, the definition of a new subsidies policy based on the quality of life index and the level of electricity consumption of a home in poverty conditions, putting it into force and integrating the national electrical system into the National Emergency System, with trained personnel in the area to respond to risk situations, are part of the agreements that the Executive has not fulfilled.
Similarly, in matters regulations must propose the repeal of several paragraphs of article 108 of Law 125-01 General of Electricityas well as article 139 of the General Regulations of Electricity and the review of Chapter III of Title X of the Application Regulation of the aforementioned legislation.
In progress
Among the obligations that the Executive is in the process of fulfilling is the formation of a commission to coordinate the work of Public Lighting Improvement and the referral to the Economic and Social Council of the proposals of Modifications of legal texts that are understood as necessary to comply with what is agreed.
In addition, it must Submit legislative initiatives necessary to guarantee coherence in the separation of institutional activities in the Electric sector.
During the presentation of the report, the Minister of Energy and Mines, Joel Santos, highlighted the Benefits achieved with the Implementation of the Electric Pactciting among them the improvement in the quality of the service, highlighting the reduction in the interruptions; Increase in energy service coverage, with 99.3 % of the population with access to the service.
Santos valued as positive the increase in electricity supply, which is 98.2 %, the diversification of the generation matrix, among others.
Challenges
The report identifies challenges in a general and persistent way, which require priority attention, such as the need to strengthen governance and transparency in the management of the management of the Electric sectoras well as the effective implementation of long -term sustainable policies and regulations.
“The lack of evidence in 33 commitments and the fact that eight have not initiated their commitments, highlight significant challenges in the fulfillment of the Electric pact-RD, “says the document.
In addition to Santos, to the presentation of the results of the study attended other officials of the electrical sector, including the president of the Unified Council of the distributors, Celso Marranzini; The Superintendent of ElectricityAndrés Astacio, the president of the Economic and Social Council, Rafael Toribio, among others.
