ICE Fighting
Against A Reduction In Electrical Rates
Like a corner animal, the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), is
pulling out its claws against a possible
reduction in electrical rates that is
currently under discussion by the Autoridad
Reguladora de Servicios Publicos (Aresep).
The president of ICE, Pablo Quirós, assures
that a rate reduction will cause problems
with electrical service and could mean a
return of blackouts, as the institution will
not have the financial resources to maintain
operational levels.
The Cámara de Industrias says that ICE will
be spending some ¢56 billion colones less
this year to produce electrical energy and
that the consumer should be compensated.
The state utility had said that for 2009 it
would be spending ¢98 billion colones to
produce electrical energy, while the Cámara
puts the estimate at only ¢42 billion.
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