“The light is behaving very badly” was what the merchants in the Gazcue sector of the National District responded when journalists from Listín Diario asked them about the electricity supply in the area.
Complaints abounded, because the daily blackouts They leave them without light for up to five hours, a situation that has been going on for more than a month, according to the residents of the sector.
Henry Félix, owner of a grocery store in the area, indicated that every day they go without electricity for hoursand they assume that it is because, in the locality, the electricity corporation is carrying out some repair work.
“The rate is more expensive. I used to pay eight thousand and I am paying from fifteen to sixteen thousand in the last three months. It is becoming more expensive for everyone”, added the merchant.
Likewise, an employee of a nearby store supported the discomfort due to the “terrible” behavior of the service in the sector.
Of the sectors visited, it was the only one that reported failures in the electrical service, however the other locations visited by the reporters of this medium received complaints regarding the increase in the electrical service rate, which they say affects the family budget.
with the cry to heaven
In the Los Ríos sector of the National District, the electricity rate dismay it is latent. They affirm that the behavior of the light is good, however the high cost of the service has them with “the cry in the sky”.
Manuel, a young businessman who has his hairdresser’s next to his residence, complains because since months ago the light reaches up to fourteen thousand pesoswhen previously the maximum they paid was eighteen hundred pesos.
The young man states that he does not have many household appliances in his premises or devices with such high consumption for the cost of electricity to be so high and he assured that this situation has been happening for more than a year.
Like him, other residents of the area complained about the same situation, expressed their upset because they must “pay too much” for this service.
Likewise, in Sabana Perdida, Santo Domingo Norte, residents expressed that “the electricity does not go out”, but the increase in the bill is absurd.
In the case of Miguel Ángel, who was paying his electricity bill at a post office in Edeeste, close to his home, he stated that the problem is that there are no counters, until then the corporation is charging a “fixed fee” that is higher than it should be.
“My rate is excessively high, I have to pay it because I don’t have an accountant and they (Edeeste) don’t either,” said Miguel.
