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Electrical outages cost ICE customers $3.8 million over course of two years

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April 18th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Electrical outages experienced by ICE electric customers cost those customers in the order of $3.8 million in 2010 and 2011, according to a report released yesterday by the Comptroller General, which pointed out flaws in service substations and maintenance problems.

 

The document states that most of the problems occurred due to electrical outages at ICE substations.  In 2011, Lindora, Desamperados, Sabanilla, and Alajuelita saw the most outages.

 

Those who suffer the greatest financial losses from the blackouts are the commercial and industrial sectors.

 

According to the oversight body, the national electric grid is not reliable and “poses a risk to consumers, though not in the short term.”

 

The report also found that many outages are caused by old and deteriorating transformers, even though ICE had several new units available for installation.

 

The Comptroller is asking ICE to keep detailed reports on its substations and maintenance work, and to improve the performance of the national electric grid.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Daniela-Rosaura/100003239282826 Daniela Rosaura

    The actual damages to computers, other sensitive electronic devices and everything with a compressor — A/C, refri, freezer — are thousands of times more than that. If one could see the electrical grid as we can see the streets, roads, and highways, it would reveal something even worse than the streets. There are areas here that are receiving less than 100 volts in peak hours. When an appliance doesn’t receive the voltage for which it was designed, the result is rapid overheating. Costa Rica is definitely NOT a place for a business selling electric clocks that run off house current rather than batteries.

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