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06-16-2009, 03:30 PM
The Pro-Consumer Rights Foundation, the Citizens Forum and business organizations submitted a suit against the Superintendence of Electricity to the Contentious Administrative Tribunal of the National District yesterday, demanding the cancellation of the recently announced electricity rate hike and the application of an 18% reduction instead.
The suit, which asks for modification of Resolution CIE-44 of 2009 issued by the Superintendent of Electricity was presented by Pro-Consumer lawyers Joaquin Luciano, David Lao and Magino Corporan Lorenzo.
The consumer advocates argue that instead of the increases that range from 2% to 22% in the price per kilowatt/hour as of June, a reduction of 18%, as was recommended by the S.A. Consulting Group, should be applied.
The suit also calls for the court to order the government electricity company to ensure that public biddings should be held for the purchase of electricity by the distributors from the generators, as required by Article 110 of Law 125.01 and as agreed during the National Summit that was held in February and March of this year.
The suit goes on to ask the courts to order the Superintendence of Electricity to dictate the monthly resolutions that order the distributors to refund customers 150% of the cost of each hour of unjustified blackouts, registering in the books the amounts owed since 2003 for its gradual payment based on Paragraph 2 of Article 93 of Law 125-01.
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The suit, which asks for modification of Resolution CIE-44 of 2009 issued by the Superintendent of Electricity was presented by Pro-Consumer lawyers Joaquin Luciano, David Lao and Magino Corporan Lorenzo.
The consumer advocates argue that instead of the increases that range from 2% to 22% in the price per kilowatt/hour as of June, a reduction of 18%, as was recommended by the S.A. Consulting Group, should be applied.
The suit also calls for the court to order the government electricity company to ensure that public biddings should be held for the purchase of electricity by the distributors from the generators, as required by Article 110 of Law 125.01 and as agreed during the National Summit that was held in February and March of this year.
The suit goes on to ask the courts to order the Superintendence of Electricity to dictate the monthly resolutions that order the distributors to refund customers 150% of the cost of each hour of unjustified blackouts, registering in the books the amounts owed since 2003 for its gradual payment based on Paragraph 2 of Article 93 of Law 125-01.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)