Customers of the Electricity Distribution Companies (EDE) should see in the amount of their next bill the decision ordered by the Superintendency of Electricity (SIE) to rebill what was collected in July, to credit or debit, as appropriate in each case, after the institution reversed the rate adjustments that it had announced for the current quarter within the framework of the Electric Pact.
“The amount to be returned will be credited to the August invoice automatically, without the need to make any claim,” Edesur informed Free Journal.
Pursuant to resolution SIE-068-2022-TF, the Superintendency instructs Edesur, Edeeste and Edenorte to re-invoice at the applicable transition rates for the April-June quarter of this 2022, the invoices issued in July with the transition rates applied and left without effect, in order to credit or debit, as appropriate, in the following billing, the difference between the prices of the transition rates applied in the resolution that ordered an increase of 9% to residential customers and the new ones willing .
With the decision of the Superintendency, for this July-September quarter, the first 200 kWh consumed by Edesur’s residential customers will be billed at 6.05 pesos, from Edenorte 5.97 pesos and from 6.17 pesos to those of Edeeste, unlike the 6.59 , 6.51 and 6.73 pesos, respectively, that had been scheduled.
The measure came two days after President Luis Abinader announced the suspension of the next quarterly adjustments of the electricity rate to the regulated users of the EDEs, which have been applied since November of last year as part of the agreements reached in the Electric Pact -which will also be reviewed-, which was agreed upon by political parties, businessmen and representatives of civil society. The objective of the tariff adjustments is to gradually remove the energy subsidy.
“After Resolution No. SIE-061-2022-TF was issued, this Superintendence has verified that the current extraordinary conditions of the world situation have generated a disproportionate increase in fuel prices, essential inputs for the thermal generation of our energy matrix, which impact the cost of electricity generation; the process of supplying the Electricity Distribution Companies and the calculation of tariffs”, indicated the SIE.
“The extraordinary circumstances in which the world finds itself -he added-, which affect economically both internationally and locally, are very different from those that existed when the Electric Pact was signed. Due to a social and moral imperative, the Government sees the need to pause the gradual dismantling of the subsidy.
