Santo Domingo.- The President of the Republic, Luis Abinade, orderedr, through Decrees no. 55-26 and 60-26, both dated January 30, 2026, the strengthening and institutional readjustment of two key entities for national development: the Dominican Electric Transmission Company (ETED) and the Metropolitan Transportation Company (EMT).
These adaptations to the public company regime, aligned with the provisions of Law no. 479-08, General of Commercial Companies and Individual Limited Liability Companies, aim to improve the quality, efficiency and sustainability of public electrical transmission and mass land transportation services.
In the case of the Dominican Electric Transmission Company (ETED), Decree No. 55-26 promotes an institutional strengthening process aimed at consolidating its character as a strategic public company, guaranteeing the continuity and quality of the public electricity transmission service and adopting a modern and efficient management model, aligned with the challenges of the energy and digital transition.
The measure is carried out fully preserving its legal, operational and patrimonial continuity, without affecting existing rights, obligations, contracts or assets.
Likewise, its management and supervisory bodies are strengthened, modern corporate governance standards are incorporated and accountability mechanisms are reinforced, providing the company with greater technical and operational autonomy, maintaining its affiliation to the Ministry of Energy and Mines and its subjection to the stewardship and control of the State.
This approach will support the expansion, modernization and digitalization of the electrical transmission and fiber optic telecommunications infrastructure, in coherence with the National Energy Plan and the National Development Strategy.
Likewise, through Decree no. 60-26, the President ordered the creation of the Metropolitan Transportation Company (EMT), replacing the Office for the Reorganization of Transportation (OPRET), in compliance with article 356 of Law no. 63-17 Mobility, Transportation
Land, Traffic and Road Safety of the Dominican Republic.
This decision reorganizes the institutional model of mass land transportation, separating the operation and maintenance functions of the systems, in charge of the new company, from the infrastructure development and execution activities, which remain under the exclusive responsibility of the Trust for the Development of the Mass Transportation System of the Dominican Republic (FITRAM).
This Decree also establishes an express process for the suppression and institutional liquidation of OPRET, guaranteeing an orderly legal, administrative and operational transition. This process ensures the continuity of the public mass transportation service, the preservation of current rights and obligations, the organized transfer of assets, contracts and legal relationships, as well as the protection of personnel in accordance with the applicable legal system, avoiding any impact on users during the institutional transition, under the coordination of a Special Commission created to direct, supervise and accompany the institutional reform and liquidation process.
With these measures, the Government reaffirms its commitment to the institutional strengthening and modernization of the State, the continuous improvement of public services and the consolidation of a more efficient, transparent management model oriented to the general interest, for the benefit of the economic and social development of the Dominican Republic.
