Edesur cracks down on electricity theft, Regularizes hundreds of customers in seven provinces

[Dolores]

Following through with the announced plan to get more power users to pay for the service, Edesur Dominicana announced that it has dismantled 7,700 illegal electrical connections and regularized service for hundreds of customers in a series of anti-fraud operations across seven provinces.

The actions have been primarily carried out in San Cristóbal, Barahona, Bahoruco, Independencia, Pedernales, San Juan and Elías Piña provinces, where hundreds of thousands of people received free power services. The efforts are part of the company’s ongoing effort to combat electricity theft and ensure fair service for all consumers.

Furthermore, as part of its regularization efforts, Edesur teams offered payment plans to customers with outstanding debts. Those who were using the service without having a contract were registered and a meter installed.

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[windeguy]

7,700 is a good start. How many 10's of thousands to go?

 

[JD Jones]

You eat an elephant one bite at a time.

 

[NanSanPedro]

I guess the question is why has this taken so long?
Second question: When is the govt going to audit the EDEs?

 

[windeguy]

I guess the question is why has this taken so long?
Second question: When is the govt going to audit the EDEs?

Because the EDE's are very corrupt. Because the government was subsidizing some clients and allowing others to pay the higher costs while others were outright just stealing power for their large businesses and paying off the EDE personnel.

That is why the EDEs have to go. Private power companies would never allow that crap to happen.

 

[JD Jones]

Because the EDE's are very corrupt. Because the government was subsidizing some clients and allowing others to pay the higher costs while others were outright just stealing power for their large businesses and paying off the EDE personnel.

That is why the EDEs have to go. Private power companies would never allow that crap to happen.

A beast that has to be tamed.

 

[windeguy]

A beast that has to be tamed.

A beast that should be slaughtered out of existence.

 

[josh2203]

A beast that should be slaughtered out of existence.

I might have completely missed this, but wasn't there a plan a couple of years ago to dismantle or restructure or something CDEEE and the EDEs? Nothing ever came out of that? And the step-by-step kwh rate increase was like part of that plan, to eventually get rid of the subsidized luz? This was when we were moving so I did not really focus on news that much...

 

[windeguy]

I might have completely missed this, but wasn't there a plan a couple of years ago to dismantle or restructure or something CDEEE and the EDEs? Nothing ever came out of that? And the step-by-step kwh rate increase was like part of that plan, to eventually get rid of the subsidized luz? This was when we were moving so I did not really focus on news that much...

Yes, The current President of the DR is on record for the dismemberment plan that never happened. I probably mentioned that one or two hundred times over the years.

 

[josh2203]

Yes, The current President of the DR is on record for the dismemberment plan that never happened. I probably mentioned that one or two hundred times over the years.

Thanks, then my memory serves me right. I recall when we began starting to watch the monthly rate to go slightly up

 

[NanSanPedro]

Thanks, then my memory serves me right. I recall when we began starting to watch the monthly rate to go slightly up

True, but they made up for it by making the service worse. No one thought that was possible but they showed us! Woohoo!