The Superintendence of Electricity has announced it has pressed electricity fraud charges against 40 individuals and companies, out of a list of 156 individuals and companies that was released to the press yesterday, as reported in Diario Libre.
Superintendent Francisco Mendez says that fraud accounts for US$2.5 billion in losses. The Superintendence also acknowledged that governmental Dominican Social Security Institute hospitals owe RD$800 million in unpaid electricity consumption. Of this amount, RD$600 million is owed to the EdeSur power distribution company.