Santo Domingo. The president of the Unified Council of Electricity Distribution Companies (CUED), Celso Marranzini, announced this Wednesday that, during the next six monthswill not be charged bail nor the first invoice to users who connect legally to the electrical system.
This measure will benefit homes and small businesses that are currently irregularly connected to electrical circuits, such as pharmacies, grocery stores and small workshops.
“In the next six months, any residential user or small business that becomes legal in the electricity sector will be exempt from paying the deposit and the first bill,” said Marranzini.
As indicated, This initiative seeks to improve the efficiency of the electrical service and reduce losses economic activities, which annually amount to about 900 million dollars.
Marranzini also warned that, once this grace period has ended, measures will be taken in conjunction with the Deputy Attorney General’s Office for the Electrical System (PGASE) against those who continue to be connected irregularly. These actions will include the publication in newspapers of the names of violators, without exceptions.
“After these six months, I recommend that those who are illegally connected disconnect, because the action of PEGASE will be forceful.. We will publish every Monday in the newspapers a list with the names of the offenders, whether small, medium or large. This has to end,” Marranzini emphasized during the Corripio Media Group Weekly Lunch.
According to data provided by the official, Currently there are about 800,000 illegal connections, which represents annual losses of between 800 and 900 million dollars.
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Marranzini described this situation as unsustainable and assured that all measures will be taken. measures necessary to eradicate it.
Everyone pays the electricity
Marranzini, last week assured that to reduce losses and guarantee a best electrical serviceit is essential that all users pay the fee corresponding to the consumption they receive, without exceptions.
“Everyone has to connect and pay. There are places, like Sábana Iglesia, where they have refused to do so. My instruction to distributors is clear and firm: everyone must comply with their obligation to connect and pay,” declared Marranzini.
The official pointed out that the regularization of payment must go hand in hand with a greater investment in the electrical infrastructure. In this sense, he announced that this year they will allocate 300 million pesos for the improvement of transmission and distribution networks, in addition to the construction of new substations.
