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05-22-2009, 04:20 PM
Marcos de la Rosa, president of AES Dominicana, the leading private power generator and distributor has told Hoy the government is in arrears with power generators for US$600 million, and this will increase to US$700 million this month.
De La Rosa spoke during the launch of the Dominican Association of the Electricity Industry, of which he will be the first president. During the event, he also made the point that for many years it has been argued that the DR has the highest energy rates in the region, when he says this is a false perception. He said that in Puerto Rico, Barbados, Panama and El Salvador the price per kWh of energy oscillates between 13 and 13.05 US cents, but that in the DR the cost per kWh is 12 US cents. He added that thanks to investments into the energy sector the DR's cost per kWh of energy is regionally competitive.
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De La Rosa spoke during the launch of the Dominican Association of the Electricity Industry, of which he will be the first president. During the event, he also made the point that for many years it has been argued that the DR has the highest energy rates in the region, when he says this is a false perception. He said that in Puerto Rico, Barbados, Panama and El Salvador the price per kWh of energy oscillates between 13 and 13.05 US cents, but that in the DR the cost per kWh is 12 US cents. He added that thanks to investments into the energy sector the DR's cost per kWh of energy is regionally competitive.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)