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Originally Posted by rio2003
Hi everyone,
It's like taking me back in time - daily power cuts again huh!
I realise that the poor should be paying for electricity and shouldn't be stealing it but.....
The electricity company is charging 2000RD$ to supply power to each home in the area that my friend lives in. Her wages for 15days are 1500RD$ and that is for herself and 3 kids to live on. How on earth is she supposed to find this money?
It does not seem an awful lot of money until you compare it to what the poorer people are earning - and then it seems like a fortune.
My 2 pesos
Rio
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This can't be the normal monthly fee, as I pay only RD1600 a month and I have a two story house with fridge, computers, tv's and like 28 light bulbs. The typical cost for people in poor areas is around RD400. They typically don't have inverters and have maybe 4 bulbs on at any time and a tv, fan, radio and fridge.