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ARESEP Once Again Sanctions ICE For
Overcharges
The Autoridad Reguladora de Servicios
Públicos (ARESEP) has once again sanctioned
the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) for excessive charges, this time for
its 900 service.
According to the Aresep, ICE will have to
pay ¢305 million colones to Radiomensajes
and ¢1.5 billion colones to the Sate for
excessive charges to the service that ICE
says is not a public service, rather a
commercial service and outside the scope of
the Aresep.
The sanction stems from ICE's action of
overcharging Radiomensajes that provided
business the 900 service line, charging
customers ¢700 colones for participating in
various contests.
Radiomensajes purchased the infrastructure
from ICE which also added the cost of each
to call to customer's monthly bills.
In the deal, ICE would keep 28% of the
revenue from the service although the Aresep
says the authorized rate for ICE is only 4%.
ICE, as usual, said it will appeal the
Aresep decision very closely before making
any payments to anyone.
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