Costa Rican ambassador to the DR Marta Eugenia says that Costa Rican and Dominican officials are working on a bilateral agreement for cooperation in the area of energy. Eugenia says that in Costa Rica a house with heat and a pool is billed about US$130 per month in energy bills, but that everyone pays the bills. She says that in the poorer communities everyone receives energy at lower costs, without subsidies. The ambassador also pointed out that 96% of the energy consumed in Costa Rica is clean energy generated by wind and dams.