Dying for electricity while we al pay for it..

windeguy

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Two articles today point out the deep seated issues with electricity in the DR. Waste and theft being the two main points.

Power saving not gospel in government

Most government institutions have increased their power consumption despite the presidential mandate to reduce consumption by 10% this year. A report in Listin Diario says that monitoring by the National Energy Commission (CNE) found that of 137 government entities, only 28 showed savings above RD$100,000 in reduction in their power consumption. Most of the government entities, on the contrary, showed increases of up to RD$365,000 in their billings, as reported in the newspaper. In March 2011, President Fernandez set the target for a 10% decrease in power consumption this year.

www.listin.com.do/economia-and-nego...s-aumentan-mas-de-27-en-el-consumo-de-energia

And

Innocent bystander killed in protest

A 19-year old, Katherine Suriel Guzman died after being mortally injured by a bullet fired by a policeman during a confrontation between the Police, EdeNorte brigades and protestors in the community of Sonador, in Monsenor Nouel (Bonao) province. She was standing in the front of her house when she was hit by a bullet. A 31-year old man, Cecilio Sanchez Rodriguez, was also injured in the shooting.

Hoy reports that the bullet was fired by second lieutenant Mauricio Morillo who had arrived on the scene on a motorcycle in an attempt to control protests by youths blocking the road.

The EdeNorte brigades were removing a transformer in an area where locals had been using power without paying. EdeNorte reported that the incident occurred after the power distribution company crews had left the area, as reported in Hoy. EdeNorte was regularizing the power service in the area to convert users sourcing the power for free to paying consumers when angry local residents confronted them. An EdeNorte spokesman said that the crews and the military personnel who accompanied them had to leave the area without completing the installations.


My wife would refer to the actions by government employees in the first article and the people of Bonao in the second article as "animals with clothes on" when translated from Spanish.