NewsWhore
02-17-2012, 01:20 PM
Residents in the Cristo Rey sector of the capital have started to cut cables and destroy their electricity meters, which were installed by Edesur to change them from a fixed tariff to a metered one.
Most residents said that they do not earn enough to pay between RD$2,000 and RD$3,000 pesos for electricity, because they are either on minimum salaries or have irregular incomes.
The protests began with a march last Friday, February 10 and local residents have painted signs on their houses saying, "Say no to meters. We want fixed tariffs".
Quoted in El Nacional, neighborhood group leader Sandalio Gutierrez confirmed that local residents were not refusing to pay, because they have always paid fixed charges of between 300 and 600 pesos a month. He said that these figures could be adjusted within the means of the majority.
He said that if they paid electricity bills of RD$2,000 what would they have left to spend on food, and that in his 47 years of living there he has never received an electricity bill.
Gutierrez complained that Edesur had installed cables, then meters and demanded that they sign contracts, which most had refused to sign, but had never sat down to talk with the residents.
The community leader added that a group from the neighborhood committee had made several attempts to set up a meeting with Edesur, without success.
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Most residents said that they do not earn enough to pay between RD$2,000 and RD$3,000 pesos for electricity, because they are either on minimum salaries or have irregular incomes.
The protests began with a march last Friday, February 10 and local residents have painted signs on their houses saying, "Say no to meters. We want fixed tariffs".
Quoted in El Nacional, neighborhood group leader Sandalio Gutierrez confirmed that local residents were not refusing to pay, because they have always paid fixed charges of between 300 and 600 pesos a month. He said that these figures could be adjusted within the means of the majority.
He said that if they paid electricity bills of RD$2,000 what would they have left to spend on food, and that in his 47 years of living there he has never received an electricity bill.
Gutierrez complained that Edesur had installed cables, then meters and demanded that they sign contracts, which most had refused to sign, but had never sat down to talk with the residents.
The community leader added that a group from the neighborhood committee had made several attempts to set up a meeting with Edesur, without success.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)