Luz y Fuerza charges far too much for their electricity. I am paying $40+ cents/kwh which is unrealistic. They do have a monopoly. Their service is average at best. last night we had a outage for 5+ hours. I have a gen. + inverter as back-ups, therefore no problem. But when one pays such a premium, your should demand excellent service. In the DR, one can demand anything, but who the hell will listen. I also and wondering why I had to buy my transformer (and it belongs to LyF) when it appears that all the transformers were donated by NRECA (Nat. Rural Electric Coop Asso.) from the USA. US Aid gave a lot of money to LyF for thier distribution system . Sounds like a sweet deal, US Aid freebies and charge the customer out the yazoo for service and hook-up. But it is still cheaper than operating my diesel gensets and inverter on a yearly basis. Perhaps an organized group should address LyF and negotiate lower rates. As an individual I have no strength to request lower electrical rates. Orsini Bosch (owner of LyF) will not let his little Gold Mine go by the wayside and will charge whatever he wishes as long as he can. A true Capalist, I admire him, in a strange way....
