The general administrator of the Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad, CDE, engineer Radhamés Segura announced that the government will be installing electricity consumption readers in the National Palace, military facilities and in government offices. The counters are being installed so that readings can be established and it is expected the government departments will be required to pay for electricity consumed. As of today, the government does not pay for energy consumed. The measure comes at a time when the CDE is preparing for private companies to be those that charge for energy consumed, as part of the privatization process. The measures also seek to reduce the central government subsidy to the CDE. The CDE has always said that only 50% of the energy produced is paid for, but now it appears that a large portion of this 50% is consumption by the government itself.
