There have been many discussions about electricity (or lack thereof) in the news recently but this one takes the cake.
Communities ask for free electricity under the law.
The Union of Social Organizations Easter, from Yaguate, San Cristóbal, demanded the resumption of the exemption from electricity for communities affected by the operation of the Valdesia and Jigüey and Aguacate hydroelectric dams, as they are protected by Law 57-07.
They explained to Hoy that from 1985 to 2012, the communities received free energy from the Valdesia dam. However, in 2018 a change in the circuit to the Yaguate electricity grid led the company Edesur to implement fixed-rate contracts in homes.
In response, they asked for the connection with to be re-established to guarantee access to energy without additional costs and to maintain the fixed rate contracts without the imposition of meters or counters. They agreed that this new measure could seriously affect the economic stability of the families.
The petition highlights the vulnerability of the Semana Santa community in the presence of these large dams.
In the protest, those affected were accompanied by the president of the National Human Rights Commission, Manuel María Mercedes.
He warned that the struggle will continue until the measures imposed by the authorities that force residents to install meters are revoked, in the face of the arrival of Celso Marranzini to the Unified Council of Electric Companies.
Mercedes is calling on the State, in accordance with the law, to compensate the communities with the resources that it has failed to deliver to them from 2007 to 2025 in the first place, and all energy consumed should be free of charge.
She reiterated that if they do not obtain conclusive answers, they will file lawsuits, which in fact, she said, have already been filed in the Administrative Court and protests. She cited how in the area there are still victims of Hurricane David who have not obtained answers.
Source: DominicanToday
Communities ask for free electricity under the law.
The Union of Social Organizations Easter, from Yaguate, San Cristóbal, demanded the resumption of the exemption from electricity for communities affected by the operation of the Valdesia and Jigüey and Aguacate hydroelectric dams, as they are protected by Law 57-07.
They explained to Hoy that from 1985 to 2012, the communities received free energy from the Valdesia dam. However, in 2018 a change in the circuit to the Yaguate electricity grid led the company Edesur to implement fixed-rate contracts in homes.
In response, they asked for the connection with to be re-established to guarantee access to energy without additional costs and to maintain the fixed rate contracts without the imposition of meters or counters. They agreed that this new measure could seriously affect the economic stability of the families.
The petition highlights the vulnerability of the Semana Santa community in the presence of these large dams.
In the protest, those affected were accompanied by the president of the National Human Rights Commission, Manuel María Mercedes.
He warned that the struggle will continue until the measures imposed by the authorities that force residents to install meters are revoked, in the face of the arrival of Celso Marranzini to the Unified Council of Electric Companies.
Mercedes is calling on the State, in accordance with the law, to compensate the communities with the resources that it has failed to deliver to them from 2007 to 2025 in the first place, and all energy consumed should be free of charge.
She reiterated that if they do not obtain conclusive answers, they will file lawsuits, which in fact, she said, have already been filed in the Administrative Court and protests. She cited how in the area there are still victims of Hurricane David who have not obtained answers.
Source: DominicanToday
