Progress in the DR

[RDKNIGHT]

How about pavement that is not like a motocross track. Lights that don't turn green all at the same time. Roads that are not under a foot of water after a 15 minute shower. More than 3 roads to allow movement for more than 150,000 residents, excluding tourists. PC is supposed to be the "model" of what we can become. Show the tourists how we can play at an international level. What we have is a totally neglected destination...Puerto Plata 2.0.

Not going to happen Mike . there is no forward thinking in this country only give me now place is turning into 🕳️ declining infrastructure no enforcement the guardrails out on the main Highway looks like hamas bomb it is a nice sight to be seen the Tourist just arrive off the plane and heading into the resort.

let's not forget about the kids to clean the windows at the traffic light they promise they had a solution that solution that last 7 days now there are more kids out on the street nice site for tourist to see.

but no let's build more community put more hotels and overpopulate the area and forget about the infrastructure


only place that does a great job with the infrastructure is Punta Cana Village he gets it

 

[chico bill]

If I may kindly ask, do you have any proof of that different kwh rates? I have to agree with Windy above, I only know of this scaled rating, and based on all the things I have heard how much people pay for luz, regardless of the location, it usually does make sense and would be as per the same scale. If this "gringo" pricing is common knowledge, then I'm definitely apparently out of the loop... I have also seen EDE invoices from different types of areas, and they do not support your claim unfortunately.

From our last invoice, the rates may be different now:

So the cheapest rate is up to 200kwh, then the next up to 300kwh and 13.83 pesos for every kwh consumed above the 300kwh. That was August, we were blasting the A/Cs...

Energía
200 kWh X RD$ 5.97 RD$
100 kWh X RD$ 8.51 RD$
168 kWh X RD$ 13.83 RD$

I need to get my friend's bill in Playa Laguna . I know his rate is higher than mine.
In Punta Cana /Bavaro CEPM charges 19.20 RD per KWH

EdeSur charges 6.05 (0-200KWH) 8.59(201-300/KWH), & 12.89 (301- 700/KWH).

Just my connection rate is different than my neighbor. I pay 128.81 RD, he pays 40 pesos.

I'd be curious to see facturas from the campo example in Rio San Juan.

I think the government has told the EDEs they can't continue to underwrite their losses so I think this whole periodic shut down plan is meant to soften us up for another rate hike.

I did replace my service drops to copper (from aluminum) and my bill went down about 400 pesos per month

 

[windeguy]

Chico Bill,

The top rate for residential service from EdeNorte is 13.83 (300 to 700 kWh).
If you go over 700 kWh all is charged at 13.83
Playa Laguna would be the same.

Are you sure you have the current rates from EdeSur? They might be from a few years back that you posted, maybe?

 

[windeguy]

Not going to happen Mike . there is no forward thinking in this country only give me now place is turning into 🕳️ declining infrastructure no enforcement the guardrails out on the main Highway looks like hamas bomb it is a nice sight to be seen the Tourist just arrive off the plane and heading into the resort.

let's not forget about the kids to clean the windows at the traffic light they promise they had a solution that solution that last 7 days now there are more kids out on the street nice site for tourist to see.

but no let's build more community put more hotels and overpopulate the area and forget about the infrastructure


only place that does a great job with the infrastructure is Punta Cana Village he gets it

The DR government is all about AI resorts and Cruise Ports. That is where the revenue comes from.
Punta Cana is getting overbuilt? What a shocker.

 

[RDKNIGHT]

The DR government is all about AI resorts and Cruise Ports. That is where the revenue comes from.
Punta Cana is getting overbuilt? What a shocker.

it's overbuilt for the declining infrastructure they currently have in place..

 

[drstock]

Chico Bill,

The top rate for residential service from EdeNorte is 13.83 (300 to 700 kWh).
If you go over 700 kWh all is charged at 13.83
Playa Laguna would be the same.

Are you sure you have the current rates from EdeSur? They might be from a few years back that you posted, maybe?

I believe that some of these private development areas charge their own rates which are not necessarily related to the electricity companies' rates. Playa Laguna MAY be one of them, I don't know.

 

[windeguy]

I believe that some of these private development areas charge their own rates which are not necessarily related to the electricity companies' rates. Playa Laguna MAY be one of them, I don't know.

It is true that some developments have special electricity rates that are higher than the EDEs.
Casa Linda is one of them since they provide a backup generator for their communities so people don't have to get battery/inverter systems or their own generators.

The point I was making is that I doubt the EDE's themselves charge differently unless it is for different levels of service (home/business, etc).
I have no idea if Playa Laguna if that is just Edenorte.