President looks at energy plan today

[NewsWhore]

President Leonel Fernandez is holding a meeting with his energy team this morning to analyze the proposed Energy Contingency Plan drawn up by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. The plan includes fuel saving suggestions, changes in working hours, better traffic light coordination and a possible modification of the Hydrocarbon Law. The latter is one of the key issues that sparked national protests in July and early this month. The President is expected to announce just which measures will be put into place. In 2005 there were similar calls of fuel savings and many steps were announced, but few, if any, were ever fully enforced. With petroleum prices at an all-time high, the government is in a position where it is forced to ensure that these new measures are really put into practice.

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