The General Administrator of the Corporacion Dominicana de Electricidad (CDE) has announced that the state-owned electricity company will soon begin a scheme to check some 300,000 meters throughout the country in order to determine whether customers are being over or undercharged for electricity. It is widely recognized that the CDE loses much of its electricity generated to illegal connections that result in a free service for an undetermined amount of users. Mr. Romero has admitted that while many are paying for less electricity than they use, others are grossly overcharged. He also recognized that as the electricity service has been quite precarious at times in recent years, “the CDE lost credibility and its image was quite tarnished, creating a culture of non-payment to the company.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nIn addition to the investigation of the\nmeters, Mr. Romero talked to the news media about new turbine gas plants that\nwill be introduced into the CDE’s distribution network starting in February and\nthe beginning of March. He also spoke with pride when pointing out that\nelectricity generation had risen above the 1,000,000 kilowatts per day mark, a\nlevel never reached previously by the CDE and a feat that has considerably\nreduced the length and frequency of power cuts. Mr. Romero, who said that\ncooler temperatures have slightly reduced the electricity demand, emphasized\nthe success that his six-month plan to renovate the power plants has had in the\nimprovement of the electricity service.
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The General Administrator of the Corporacion Dominicana de Electricidad (CDE) has announced that the state-owned electricity company will soon begin a scheme to check some 300,000 meters throughout the country in order to determine whether customers are being over or undercharged for electricity. It is widely recognized that the CDE loses much of its electricity … <\/p>\n