NewsWhore
08-31-2006, 03:20 PM
As reported in Hoy newspaper, the Superintendent of Electricity says that the power distributors are billing only 60% of the energy that they serve due to the large-scale fraud and theft that plagues the system. He said that of that 60%, they only collect 90%, or for every two megawatts put on line, they recover only the cost of one. He said there are an estimated 600,000 households in the country without electricity meters. He said the biggest challenge for EdeEste, EdeSur and EdeNorte, the three power distributors, is to increase their paying clients.
He commented that the culture of not paying for power has increased, while there has been a laissez-faire approach by the power company managers in tackling this problem, and we are all paying for this, he says. He said that the distributors needed to make the necessary investments to segregate paying from non-paying clients, so that those who pay receive power 24 hours a day and those who do not, do not receive the service. In his opinion, the distributors have to invest in systems that distinguish between paying and non-paying consumers living in the same area.
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He commented that the culture of not paying for power has increased, while there has been a laissez-faire approach by the power company managers in tackling this problem, and we are all paying for this, he says. He said that the distributors needed to make the necessary investments to segregate paying from non-paying clients, so that those who pay receive power 24 hours a day and those who do not, do not receive the service. In his opinion, the distributors have to invest in systems that distinguish between paying and non-paying consumers living in the same area.
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