In a press release published in daily newspapers, EGE Haina accuses the Dominican government of favoring the distributor companies over the generators, the government and consumers. EGE Haina says this is taking the country from a power surplus to a power deficit and an increase in blackouts. The company explains that the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has not paid a single bill to the generators "to compensate for the difference between the real price of fuel and the artificial price". It is taking its case for discrimination to the courts. EGE Haina disputes what the government has been referring to as "subsidy" saying "the subsidy as it is conceived has not affected, even by a cent, the prices paid by consumers and the only beneficiary so far has been the distributors," explains the generator. The company explains that the delays in payment from the government create high financial costs for the generators, thus increasing the cost of power produced.
