The Superintendence announced the start of operations of the Organismo Coordinador, the body that will regulate the operations of buyers and sellers of power in the DR. As of the entry of the coordinating organization, the state electricity utility, CDE, desists in its role as intermediary between the private generators and the private distributors. News reports say this will mean that the CDE will begin to receive earnings from the sale of energy generated by the hydroelectric plants which continue under its control. Likewise, the CDE will collect from the distributors for the use of its power transmission lines. Marcos Cochón, president of the Electricity Superintendence, said that starting today the companies will operate as independent units in a regulated market. The CDE was privatized six months ago.
