What are Edenorte's legal responsibilities?

[windeguy]

We need to find out what exactly are the legal responsibilities of Edenorte in our situation which I describe below:

Our neighborhood is one that was built by a developer over 10 years ago, it has a new section that was added starting only two years ago. There is currently no active management by the developers in our project and there is no community organization. What are the responsibilities of Edenorte in such an area?

My specific questions at this moment are:

1) Is Edenorte responsible for maintaining the electrical wiring in the street including the power poles, the wires on the power poles , the underground wires up to and including the power meters?

2) Is Edenorte responsible for maintaining and/or replacing transformers supplying power to several houses?

3) We are near a circuit with 24/7 power, if we have a development where everyone pays their bills, why won't Edenorte hook us up to that circuit?

4) Where are the laws regarding such issues to be found?

[Hillbilly]

I think you need to organize and go and meet with the head of Ede-Norte, first in your particular area, and if that does not work, come to Santiago and talk to Mr. Bermúdez...

It is in the interest of Ed-Norte to supply you with power you can pay for...

As for the transformers, i have often heard that the neighbors buy them but then they become the property of Ede-Norte.

FYI, transformers are around RD$1000 per kw.

HB

[windeguy]

Originally Posted by Hillbilly

I think you need to organize and go and meet with the head of Ede-Norte, first in your particular area, and if that does not work, come to Santiago and talk to Mr. Bermúdez...

It is in the interest of Ed-Norte to supply you with power you can pay for...

As for the transformers, i have often heard that the neighbors buy them but then they become the property of Ede-Norte.

FYI, transformers are around RD$1000 per kw.

HB

Thanks HB. We started to organize this past week and went into our local Edenorte office en masse and I believe we were told a line of BS. That is why I was looking into the legal responsibilities of us and Edenorte in such a situation. We are trying to find the correct contacts in POP now, but I don't have knowledge of the hierarchy of Edenorte yet. Any information on that organization would be helpful.

If Dr Guzman can respond with the legal information, that would be great to have.

[MikeFisher]

are you a public community or are you a closed residence?
i just ask because years back we had here in the PC area a residence development, which sold really good(at leats for the guys selling the lands) and the power line stopped with poles and cables in the middle of it, sure everybody banging on the power provider, people bought land there with the "promise" that the power connection for the usual fees in the area is included in their "rates" even for the ones purchasing really far of the main road where the power line went by.
i just got that because of a guy working for me bought his 200 MTs there, too, i gave him the credit for that.
end of the song been that the owner of the whole residence area had a contract with the local power provider (like your Edenorte) which said that the provider has to deliver a specific amount of KW's(would be enough for all of them) to the 'receiving point' of the wide residence area, but the seller of the properties(residence admin or such) been in charge to put the poles and cables within the residencial area, and that one run out of $$$ before half way.
been a big mess and finally costed everybody in the residencial area remarcable extra bucks to get the homes connected, the power provider did it, but of course not for free.
legal bases?
i don't know,
like i don't know yet if you are located at a public spot or talking about a 'residencial' area,
rules for such may be different.
would be interested myself to hear about the 'legal' rights/rules/laws on such,
both, for a residencial area and for a public area.
Sr Guzman would be the right person to join in.
Mike

[windeguy]

I really have no idea if we are a "public community" or a "closed residence".
My guess is that we are supposed to be private/closed because our area has a name and one builder who was primarily in charge when it was started about 10 years ago.

I would not even know where to go to get a definitive answer to that question and the impact it has on my original questions.


It would be great if Sr Guzman can respond to both the public and private situations as we work through this.

[Fabio J. Guzman]

Statutes to be consulted: Ley General de Electricidad and Consumer Protection Law. Right now, I have no time.

[windeguy]

Anyone have any idea what the current problem(s) is/are and how long it will take for Edenorte to get back on line for the area east of Puerto Plata?

Anyone else seeing the problems?

[windeguy]

Originally Posted by Fabio J. Guzman

Statutes to be consulted: Ley General de Electricidad and Consumer Protection Law. Right now, I have no time.

No problem, Dr Guzman. When you have the time.

I don't see the situation changing much in the future, but it would be great to know what laws are actually being violated by the current situation of not providing power to paying customers 24/7.

[planner]

Originally Posted by windeguy

Anyone have any idea what the current problem(s) is/are and how long it will take for Edenorte to get back on line for the area east of Puerto Plata?

Anyone else seeing the problems?

We have been facing increasing blackouts the last few days. Last night was all night - no electricity. WE have an inversor but I feel for the people who have nothing!

[windeguy]

This afternoon we had power for a couple of hours.

I can only guess the generating company in POP is low on fuel and hence rationing more and more while Edenorte is providing excuses that don't mention the truth.