The Association of Electrical Materials Suppliers (ASUME) warned about the socio-political risk involved in granting the private sector the management and operation of electricity distribution companies (EDE), without previously studying the history of similar experiences, and subsequently establishing the controls and pertinent regulations that avoid discretionary powers to the contractual party.
According to the business organization, liberalizing the management of EDEs from state responsibility will not solve the deficit problem of distributors, because it is a public service that the State is the owner and responsible for providing it, and whose historical memory the evidence shows that the private sector is not willing to assume.
He mentioned what happened in the past with the boards of trustees and APP alliances where contracts have been made directly with foreign companies and often associated with the same investors.
“We consider that it would be healthier to explore human resources with competent capacities that are Dominican and know the technical-administrative management of the distributors,” adds ASUME.
It specifies that the privatization of the administration (as it prefers to be called) brings positive results as long as the resources of the State are protected.
