Electricity sector in the Dominican Republic | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-02

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00:00:58 1 Electricity supply and demand
00:01:09 1.1 Installed capacity
00:02:31 1.1.1 Planned expansion
00:03:39 1.2 Alternative sources for self-generation
00:05:03 1.3 Demand
00:06:23 1.3.1 Demand projections
00:06:40 2 Access to electricity
00:07:08 3 Service Quality
00:07:52 3.1 Interruption frequency and duration
00:08:30 3.2 Distribution losses
00:09:51 4 Responsibilities in the electricity sector
00:10:03 4.1 Policy and regulation
00:12:25 4.2 Generation
00:12:56 4.3 Transmission
00:13:29 4.4 Distribution
00:14:17 5 Renewable energy resources
00:15:35 5.1 Hydroelectricity
00:16:16 5.2 Wind
00:16:42 5.3 Solar
00:17:21 6 History of the electricity sector
00:17:32 6.1 The situation prior to the reforms
00:19:10 6.2 Sector reforms: 1997-2002
00:19:23 6.2.1 Sector unbundling and privatization
00:20:49 6.2.2 Electricity Law of 2001
00:22:50 6.3 2000s developments
00:23:00 6.3.1 The crisis and renationalization of distribution companies
00:25:57 6.3.2 Blackout Reduction Program
00:27:36 6.3.3 Measures against fraud: modification of the Electricity Law
00:28:44 6.3.4 Comprehensive Plan for the Electricity Sector
00:29:58 7 Tariffs and subsidies
00:30:08 7.1 Tariffs
00:31:49 7.2 Subsidies
00:34:16 8 Investment and financing
00:34:59 8.1 Generation
00:36:58 8.2 Transmission
00:38:10 8.3 Rural electrification
00:38:39 9 Summary of private participation in the electricity sector
00:39:47 10 Electricity and the environment
00:39:58 10.1 Responsibility for the environment
00:40:27 10.2 Greenhouse gas emissions
00:41:10 10.3 CDM projects in electricity
00:41:43 11 External assistance
00:41:54 11.1 World Bank
00:43:40 12 Inter-American Development Bank
00:44:28 13 See also
00:44:54 14 Sources
00:46:15 15 Notes
00:46:24 16 External links



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The power sector in the Dominican Republic has traditionally been, and still is, a bottleneck to the country's economic growth. A prolonged electricity crisis and ineffective remedial measures have led to a vicious cycle of regular blackouts, high operating costs of the distribution companies, large losses including electricity theft through illegal connections, high retail tariffs to cover these inefficiencies, low bill collection rates, a significant fiscal burden for the government through direct and indirect subsidies, and very high costs for consumers as many of them have to rely on expensive alternative self-generated electricity. According to the World Bank, the revitalization of the Dominican economy depends greatly on a sound reform of the sector.