Power bills up

Dolores1

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Everyone should be experiencing considerable increases in their power billing.

For a household consuming 550 kWh...

The new scale for residential (BTS-1 tariff) is now 75 kWh x RD$3.12, 125 kWH x RD$3.12, 100 KWh x RD$4.71, 100 kWh x RD$7.00, 100 kWh x RD$700, 50 kWh x RD$7.00.

For a house hold with refrigerator, washing machine, occasional use of microwave, TV, computer, (no heater), the bill was RD$3,001.

In the past the RD$7.00 rate applied after 700 kWh consumption.
 

Rocky

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Dolores said:
Everyone should be experiencing considerable increases in their power billing.

For a household consuming 550 kWh...

The new scale for residential (BTS-1 tariff) is now 75 kWh x RD$3.12, 125 kWH x RD$3.12, 100 KWh x RD$4.71, 100 kWh x RD$7.00, 100 kWh x RD$700, 50 kWh x RD$7.00.

For a house hold with refrigerator, washing machine, occasional use of microwave, TV, computer, (no heater), the bill was RD$3,001.

In the past the RD$7.00 rate applied after 700 kWh consumption.
At those rates, if they can get the all the people who consume electricity to pay, our electric company will be richer than Coca Cola.
 

Chris

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If we did not have the most expensive power in the world before, we now have the most expensive power in the world. If there is one thing that influences development here in the DR, it is the cost of power. Has anyone done a cost/benefit and payback period on solar power lately?
 

Dolores1

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Lots of small businesses are looking into buying LPG fueled power plants. Many have disconnected totally from Edesur. It already is cheaper for them to operate their own power plants, run an inverter as alternate power.
 

Robert

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Has anyone ever produced a "loss of productivity" analysis for the DR?
The electricity sector continues to cost this country billions and assures the DR of its 3rd world status tag, despite how progressive Fernandez thinks he is.