Gasoline Price Drops At
Midnight
The first significant
price drop in gasoline
prices will take effect
at midnight tonight when
the price of a litre of
diesel fuel will drop
¢76 colones, super
gasoline ¢14 and Plus 91
(regular) ¢13.
At the stroke of
midnight, the price of
fuel at the pumps will
go from ¢736 to ¢722
colones a litre for
super, from ¢721 to ¢708
for regular and from
¢726 to ¢650 for diesel.
The drop is based on the
approval given by the
Autoridad Reguladora de
los Servicios Públicos (Aresep)
last month and published
in the official
government publication,
La Gaceta, today.
The price drop will also
effect the cost of
natural gas used in most
kitchens in the country,
as the price drops 17%.
The regulador general,
Fernando Herrero,
explained that the drop
is based on a
modification on the
method used to fix fuel
prices and the drop in
natural gas.
Today, the fare for
using the "urban"
commuter train will also
drop. The one way fare
for a trip between the
Universidad Latina and
the Estación del
Pacífico or the Estación
del Pacífico to
Metrópoli III (Pavas)
will be ¢200 colones, or
¢400 colones for a
complete trip from the
east end to the west
end.
However, not all the
news is good today. The
Instituto Costarricense
de Acueductos y
Alcantarillados (AyA) -
water and sewer utility
- will be charging 26.6%
more to its customers
for water consumption.
The price adjustment,
according to the Aresep,
is to allow the utility
the funds it needs to
complete a number of
projects to better the
infrastructure.
The 26.6% increase will
apply to all bills for
the remainder of 2008
and 2009, then increase
8.11% in 2010 and 7.4%
in 2011. |
