Power distribution: Time for transparency, accountability, and investments

[Dolores]

President Luis Abinader dedicated the first part of his weekly press conference on 2 September 2024 to present actions being taken to achieve efficiencies in the distribution of power in the country. President Luis Abinader for his second term named as Minister of Energy his trusted former Minister of the Presidency Joel Santos.

The power distributors that are owned by the government are under the National Unified Council of Power Distribution Companies, now head by Celso Marranzini. Marranzini gave an overview of the present situation and the objectives for 2027 during the press conference.

The focus is on the power distribution companies that are government-owned – EdeEste, EdeSur, and EdeNorte. Marranzini presented his plan characterized by transparency with regular audits and reporting on advances in finances and operations. The general public will soon...

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[windeguy]

Do ya think?

Time to end the incompetence and corruption of the EDE's has long passed.

 

[NanSanPedro]

I have to grudgingly admit that EDEste has improved substantially over the last 2 years. Sure, we still have sporadic outages, especially after maintenance. But overall and especially this year, they have dramatically gotten better. Obviously I'm clueless on the other 2 EDEs

 

[windeguy]

And Edenorte is better over time as well, but still they remain with a great amount of incompetence, corruption, unresponsiveness and just general apathy that comes from a government entity running something that should not be in the government's hands. You can see from the article when this mistake was made.

Now it is time to "Put the Candle Back" Which is a reference to a famous scene in Young Frankenstein.
Make the power companies private again and they will quikcly root out the thieves.

 

[LindseyKaufman]

In Jamao, electricity improved just after the new poles and lines were in place.
Now, however service has deteriorated again and we have numerous daily and nightly outages.

 

[windeguy]

In Jamao, electricity improved just after the new poles and lines were in place.
Now, however service has deteriorated again and we have numerous daily and nightly outages.

I think a portion of the problem is the cheap Chinese junk they purchase to do the jobs.

 

[CristoRey]

Cost for the average consumer will soar.
Service issues will remain the same.

 

[NanSanPedro]

Another thing I've noticed is the propaganda spewed by EDEste. There's lots of "oh look how good we are," and "oh look how we care for the environment," blah blah blah. I think they have gotten reamed out a few times and so they're trying to tell us how great they are. And again, they are better.

 

[windeguy]

Cost for the average consumer will soar.
Service issues will remain the same.

And yes, that could be a result of any changes. Sometimes I forget where I live and think that private companies are better than government ones.

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

Cost for the average consumer will soar.
Service issues will remain the same.

Brilliant!

 

[MiamiDRGuy]

Want to end this nonsense BS? Dismantled CCDEEE once for all then ensure that EdeEste, EdeSur, and EdeNorte must guarantee 24/7 power to the island. No more blackouts.

 

[Tarheel]

Around 13-14 years ago a prominent moderator on DR1 told me that the DR would solve the electricity problem. It might be slightly better now or is it that everyone has generators, inverters, solar panels, etc.? The average Dominican has seen no improvement imo.

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

Want to end this nonsense BS? Dismantled CCDEEE once for all then ensure that EdeEste, EdeSur, and EdeNorte must guarantee 24/7 power to the island. No more blackouts.

That would be a DR scaled version of dismantling big pharma.

 

[MiamiDRGuy]

That would be a DR scaled version of dismantling big pharma.

Well, it's the only way to end corruption.

 

[cavok]

Edenorte is as bad now as it was before it went 24/7. Initially, the 24/7 was pretty good by third world standards by only being offline an average of around 37 hours per month. Ever since the pandemic, it has gotten continually worse.

 

[josh2203]

Another thing I've noticed is the propaganda spewed by EDEste. There's lots of "oh look how good we are," and "oh look how we care for the environment," blah blah blah. I think they have gotten reamed out a few times and so they're trying to tell us how great they are. And again, they are better.

Fully agree with you, but have you also noticed that at least in the past even the government/presidency had constant promotions on the tv (and it was not an election time), padding themselves to the back, and it's rather often that I see the leader of Coraaplata on photos at POP Digital promoting every leak they fix.

Abroad as well, electricity companies do promote themselves with cheap contracts for new customers, but nowhere else have I seen the government promoting themselves or water company doing the same. They are basically announcing that they are doing their most basic duties on their job. If I would promote that, I would be laughed at... I'm expected to do that and will be disciplined if I don't...

Another example the recent news article on DR1 about the shut down of traffic lights in the capital, where I have to admit, I was a bit surprised that it was openly admitted that DIGESETT actually completely sucks in their most basic duty (direction of traffic)...

 

[Aguaita29]

In my hometown there used to be 24-hour electricity in most sectors. People had forgotten about inverters. Now with this administration there are outages every day and the electricity bill has tripled. This lady at Edenorte tells me it´s because there is more consumption because of the summer. I don´t think so. For example, we don´t spend much time at home and the bill went up too. And also, we were renting an apartment that later we decided not to move into. The bill went up to even though no one got to live there. It was empty. I explained this to her and she told me she didn´t know what to say.

 

[AlterEgo]

In my hometown there used to be 24-hour electricity in most sectors. People had forgotten about inverters. Now with this administration there are outages every day and the electricity bill has tripled. This lady at Edenorte tells me it´s because there is more consumption because of the summer. I don´t think so. For example, we don´t spend much time at home and the bill went up too. And also, we were renting an apartment that later we decided not to move into. The bill went up to even though no one got to live there. It was empty. I explained this to her and she told me she didn´t know what to say.

Our campo area has had 24/7 electricity for several years now, and we even removed our inverter when it was time to buy new batteries. Whole different story these days, and Mr AE has told his brother to have the inverter reinstalled and new batteries purchased before we get there in December.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

 

[windeguy]

Our campo area has had 24/7 electricity for several years now, and we even removed our inverter when it was time to buy new batteries. Whole different story these days, and Mr AE has told his brother to have the inverter reinstalled and new batteries purchased before we get there in December.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

An Ede provide power? Problems won't end if that is so. They just don't care if it used to work and doesn't now/

 

[Manuel01]

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Time for stoping to give free electricity to the poor to get their votes would be good enough and fix all the issues at once.