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07-18-2012, 01:40 PM
Rafael Velazco, vice president of the Energy Committee of AmCham opened the sessions of the International Congress on Energy of the American Chamber of Commerce yesterday reminding all: "As is known, the Dominican electricity sector is one of the areas awaiting for solutions in the Dominican Republic." "To achieve a stable, sustainable, quality, and competitively-priced service is a goal to which productive sectors and Dominican society still aspire," he said.
Tito Sanjurjo, speaking as the president of the Dominican Association of the Electricity Industry (ADIE), highlighted during the conference that on the positive side the fuel matrix for power generation in the Dominican Republic has diversified. But he stressed the installation of new plants has stagnated. Among the reasons for this he mentioned the failure to implement the technical tariff as mandated by the Electricity Law, and not passing on to consumers the increases in cost of fuel, arrears in the payments of the subsidies, and elevated losses at the power distributors, resulting in important deficits that affect the working capital of these. He also mentioned there is wasteful use of electricity, fraud, theft and government intervention in the rates. "If generating power were so profitable, then there would be more generators in the country because the law allows for anyone in capacity to enter the market," he said. He advocated that only those who consume 100 kilos should be subsidized. At present, consumption up to 700 kilos is subsidized.
During the conference, speakers shared interesting details on the industry. Enrique Ramirez, National Electricity Commission explained that in 2011, the breakdown of power consumption by sector was 34% residential, 33% transport and 25% industry. Fuel imports breakdown for power generation were crude 20%, natural gas 19%, fuel oil 18%, diesel 11%, propane 11%, gasoline+alcohol 9%, coal 8% and avtur+kerosene 3%. Renewable energy projects generate 447 MW (282 MW wind, 138 MW solar, 27 MW biomass).
Victor Ventura, for EgeHID, the hydroelectric unit of the CDEEE called water "the Dominican petroleum." He said at present, 23 hydroelectrics generate 1,280 GWh/year or 14% of total generation.
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Tito Sanjurjo, speaking as the president of the Dominican Association of the Electricity Industry (ADIE), highlighted during the conference that on the positive side the fuel matrix for power generation in the Dominican Republic has diversified. But he stressed the installation of new plants has stagnated. Among the reasons for this he mentioned the failure to implement the technical tariff as mandated by the Electricity Law, and not passing on to consumers the increases in cost of fuel, arrears in the payments of the subsidies, and elevated losses at the power distributors, resulting in important deficits that affect the working capital of these. He also mentioned there is wasteful use of electricity, fraud, theft and government intervention in the rates. "If generating power were so profitable, then there would be more generators in the country because the law allows for anyone in capacity to enter the market," he said. He advocated that only those who consume 100 kilos should be subsidized. At present, consumption up to 700 kilos is subsidized.
During the conference, speakers shared interesting details on the industry. Enrique Ramirez, National Electricity Commission explained that in 2011, the breakdown of power consumption by sector was 34% residential, 33% transport and 25% industry. Fuel imports breakdown for power generation were crude 20%, natural gas 19%, fuel oil 18%, diesel 11%, propane 11%, gasoline+alcohol 9%, coal 8% and avtur+kerosene 3%. Renewable energy projects generate 447 MW (282 MW wind, 138 MW solar, 27 MW biomass).
Victor Ventura, for EgeHID, the hydroelectric unit of the CDEEE called water "the Dominican petroleum." He said at present, 23 hydroelectrics generate 1,280 GWh/year or 14% of total generation.
http://www.amcham.org.do/anm/templates/noticias.asp?articleid=669&zoneid=4
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)