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09-01-2009, 04:30 PM
The State-Owned Electric Companies (CDEEE) now under businessman Celso Marranzini is focusing on getting all to pay for energy consumption and reducing the alarming payroll at the CDEEE. Beginning yesterday, 300 employees at the CDEEE were given their pink slips.
In one of his first actions on the job, the new new management ordered the reorganization of the CDEEE web page so that it is compliant with the freedom of information act. In the name of transparency, Marranzini said the payroll of the CDE would be featured on the Internet, in addition to the budget execution and all relative to the electricity system.
Marranzini was one of his predecessor's most harsh critics, criticizing the excessive employment at the CDEEE. Marranzini had said several times that the CDEEE would be more efficient if it had 10% of its present payroll.
One new legal aide to Marranzini commented that in the legal department there were 47 lawyers. He said this was more than at the largest law firm in the DR. Reducing the payroll will come at a high cost to the state, as severance payments have to be made to the employees, most of which received way over average wages.
Hoy reports that Marranzini will be announcing measures to relieve the weight of the nation's electricity bill that is now carried by the country's middle class. Sectors and persons of influence and the poor pay little or nothing for the service.
Marranzini made the announcement during a meeting at the CDEEE's headquarters. The VP of the CDEEE was joined by the president's of the three energy distributors (Ede Este, Ede Sur and Ede Norte). Marranzini was also joined by Superintendent of Energy Francisco Mendez and the new president of the National Energy Commission, Enrique Ramirez.
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In one of his first actions on the job, the new new management ordered the reorganization of the CDEEE web page so that it is compliant with the freedom of information act. In the name of transparency, Marranzini said the payroll of the CDE would be featured on the Internet, in addition to the budget execution and all relative to the electricity system.
Marranzini was one of his predecessor's most harsh critics, criticizing the excessive employment at the CDEEE. Marranzini had said several times that the CDEEE would be more efficient if it had 10% of its present payroll.
One new legal aide to Marranzini commented that in the legal department there were 47 lawyers. He said this was more than at the largest law firm in the DR. Reducing the payroll will come at a high cost to the state, as severance payments have to be made to the employees, most of which received way over average wages.
Hoy reports that Marranzini will be announcing measures to relieve the weight of the nation's electricity bill that is now carried by the country's middle class. Sectors and persons of influence and the poor pay little or nothing for the service.
Marranzini made the announcement during a meeting at the CDEEE's headquarters. The VP of the CDEEE was joined by the president's of the three energy distributors (Ede Este, Ede Sur and Ede Norte). Marranzini was also joined by Superintendent of Energy Francisco Mendez and the new president of the National Energy Commission, Enrique Ramirez.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)