The AES power plants supply 50% of the electric demand, while Art. 11 of Electricity Law 125-01 caps a limit on national demand that companies participating as distributors could generate and sell in the market at 15%, as reported in Diario Libre today. The AES Corporation operates 876 megawatts of production in the DR, which is about half of the national demand. AES is the owner of the Andres natural gas plant that produces 300 MW, and Los Minas V and VI, which were converted to use natural gas, with a joint production capacity of 260 MW. The Itabo plants are also under AES management and provide an additional 256 MW. Daily demand is estimated at 1,700 megawatts. The report also observes that AES has a lower production cost due to the fact that its plants are powered by natural gas. Nevertheless, the newspaper says that the company’s generation division sells to the company’s distribution affiliate at a higher price than that which is established by the market for this type of generation. It indicates that the Superintendence of Electricity never impeded this type of verticality within the system nor has the present government shown any indication of correcting this flouting of the law.