The Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report 2014 issued by the World Economic Forum ranks the Dominican Republic as 57th of 124 countries listed. Diario Libre highlights in a headline news story today that the country is only second to Italy in the high cost of power generation for industry, and well above its regional competitors in Central America. The report focuses on the needs for countries to effectively balance the demands for providing affordable, sustainable and secure energy supply to drive development and examples of national efforts to find new and innovative ways to meet the demands of country energy systems into the 21st century.
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_EN_NEA_Report_2014.pdf
http://www.diariolibre.com/economia/2014/07/14/i698721_repblica-dominicana-segundo-pas-con-energa-cara-del-mundo.html