NewsWhore
06-09-2009, 03:30 PM
Later this month, the government will provide 806,830 homes with electricity subsidies via the Solidarity Card. The so-called Bono Luz will reach 67% of households registered as customers of electricity distributors EdeNorte, EdeEste and EdeSur, which have a total of 1,201,314 customers.
The director of the Unified Beneficiaries System (SIUBEN), Miriam Rodriguez de Simo said yesterday that of the total beneficiaries of the Solidarity Card, a sort of welfare card, 626,301 are destitute or poor and 180,529 are lower middle class.
Rodriguez said that with the new method of channeling this subsidy, traders and businesses that were taking advantage of the fixed rates in poor barrios would no longer benefit.
At the same time she said that homes that did not have the Solidarity Card but did qualify for subsidized electricity would be evaluated for their possible inclusion in the program.
As reported in yesterday's DR1 news, earlier this week the Executive Branch closed down the Blackout Reduction Program (PRA), transferring its assets and accounts to the CDEEE.
The president of the Association of Housewives' Committees (Acacdisna), Rosario Lopez, described the application of this new measure of focusing the electricity subsidy as a "mortal blow" to the economy, quality of life and security of Dominicans, as it comes with an increase in the electricity rates.
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The director of the Unified Beneficiaries System (SIUBEN), Miriam Rodriguez de Simo said yesterday that of the total beneficiaries of the Solidarity Card, a sort of welfare card, 626,301 are destitute or poor and 180,529 are lower middle class.
Rodriguez said that with the new method of channeling this subsidy, traders and businesses that were taking advantage of the fixed rates in poor barrios would no longer benefit.
At the same time she said that homes that did not have the Solidarity Card but did qualify for subsidized electricity would be evaluated for their possible inclusion in the program.
As reported in yesterday's DR1 news, earlier this week the Executive Branch closed down the Blackout Reduction Program (PRA), transferring its assets and accounts to the CDEEE.
The president of the Association of Housewives' Committees (Acacdisna), Rosario Lopez, described the application of this new measure of focusing the electricity subsidy as a "mortal blow" to the economy, quality of life and security of Dominicans, as it comes with an increase in the electricity rates.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)