The Dominican government’s plan to save fuel in the face of astronomically high oil prices is literally in diapers. Only four out of 80 government institutions have begun fuel saving measures. According to Listin Diario, the business community has done a lot better at saving fuel, especially diesel oil, due to the very high prices. Ruben Montas, the head of the head of the National Energy Commission, told Listin Diario reporters that the installation of energy saving mechanisms and policies is not a 24 hour deal and is not as easy as it seems. Newspaper investigators found that only the National Police, the Presidential offices, Public Works and the Ministry of Agriculture have instituted the official energy saving policies. Currently, the nation is consuming US$10 million per day in petroleum products, and the government is trying to achieve a 20% reduction in that figure. Within the industrial, business and commercial sectors, it appears that each individual company is taking matters into their own hands and cutting energy use by reducing air conditioning, transportation costs or electricity usage. The head of the Haina Association of Industries, Richard Arostegui, told Listin Diario that several major hotels and industries were using the heat energy developed from their generators to power systems of co-generation, thereby reducing costs. In some hotels, air conditioning systems are being powered by the heat generated from the power plants.