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Residential electicity rates cannot subsidize lowering in other sectors
QCOSTARICA - Companies of electric generation and distribution are unable to adjust service rates to households, in search of compensation for the drop in consumption in other sectors.
Marco Cordero, Energy Intendant of the Public Services Regulatory Authority (Aresep), explained that the rate methodology does...
Electricity rates drop nationally between 1% and 5% expected in October
(QCOSTARICA) Starting in October, homes and businesses in Costa Rican homes could experience a reduction in their electricity bills.
The Regulatory Authority of Public Services (Aresep) announced this Friday, September 11, that it is analyzing a reduction that ranges between 1% and 5%, depending on...
Fuerza y Luz will suspend public attention in branches from Monday
As of Monday, July 13, the CompañÃa Nacional de Fuerza y Luz (CNFL), light and power utility, branches will remain closed to the public, all services be exclusively virtually, due to the new health restrictions.
The available communication channels are through WhatsApp 8319 5273,...
Costa Rica Electric Rate Reduction Announced
Between this month and January 2020, the state power company, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), expects to reduce rates by more than 10% in regions such as Limón, Zona Sur, PacÃfico Central, sectors of Guanacaste and the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM).
The first reduction,...
Fuerza y Luz recovers ¢575 million with the so-called “megacortas”
¢575 million colones is the amount the Compañia Nacional de Fuerza y Luz (CNFL), the power and light subsidiary of the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) recovered through power cuts to non-payers.
The CNFL says that is the amount (representing 92% of the outstanding amounts)...
220 kilometers in an electric vehicle will cost only ¢1,200 colones
Can you imagine traveling some 220 kilometers, about the distance between San Jose and Liberia in Guanacaste, for only ¢1,200 colones?
In a typical gasoline engined vehicle the cost is about ¢15,000 colones; however, in an electric vehicle about US$2 is all it costs for...
Used Electric Vehicles To Be Exempt From Tax
In an effort to limit the emission of polluting gases, the government signed on Wednesday several executive decrees, one of which exempts used electric vehicles from the payment of the excise tax upon entering the country.
The decree was signed by the Minister of Environment...
Substation Explosion Affected The Daily Lives Of Some 500,000
Q COSTA RICA - The explosion and fire that knocked out of service the El Porvenir (Desamparados) electrical substation on Wednesday affected the daily lives of some 500,000 in the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM) says the CompañÃa Nacional de Fuerza y Luz (CNFL) -...
Explosion & Fire In Substation Leaves Some 100,000 Without Electricity On South Side of San Jose
Q COSTA RICA - An explosion Wednesday evening at the Porvenir de Desamparados electrical substation left some 100,000 people on the south side of San Jose without electrical power for more than 6 hours.
The explosion around 7:00 pm Wednesday caused a fire inside the...
State National Power and Light Company (CNFL) Requests Rate Increase
Q COSTA RICA - The CompañÃa Nacional de Fuerza y Luz (CNFL) - State national power and light company - has made a request for an increase in electricity rates of of 26.6% for the second half of this year and another 13.75% for...
CNFL Requests a 35% Hike In Electricity Rates For 2016
QCOSTARICA - The CompañÃa Nacional de Fuerza y Luz (CNFL) - national power and light company, a division of the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) - is looking for a 35% increase in electricity rates.
The company made its request to the regulating authority, the...
