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09-14-2007, 02:30 PM
The Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic (AIRD) requested that the Superintendence of Electricity comply with the General Electricity Law. Manuel Diez Cabral, president of AIRD, complained that the Superintendence has insistently archived requests from companies that seek to source power directly from the generators, bypassing the power distributors that serve power at much higher costs. The complaint comes following the expedite processing of requests from the Santiago Metropolitan Hospital (HOMS) and the Cathedral of Santo Domingo for permission to purchase power at the lower cost. "The Superintendent is mute to requests from industries to become non-regulated clients in order to favor the inefficient power distribution companies while reducing the competitiveness of Dominican companies in comparison to other DR-CAFTA countries," says a note from the AIRD. Diez Cabral urged the Superintendence to authorize similar privileges to qualifying industries as those awarded to the HOMS.
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