The MP from the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Charlie Mariotti, denounced that electricity distribution companies charge excessive amounts to users to compensate for their losses. According to the figures of complaints presented to the Chamber of Deputies, five out of every ten bills issued by EDENORTE contain billing errors.
During his intervention in the hemicycle, the legislator questioned the arguments that attribute the increase in bills to heat and increased electricity consumption, pointing out that the tariff has not increased, but the amounts paid by users have. “The tariff has not gone up. They are inflating the bills”, expressed Mariotti, who maintained that the official figures of the Office of Protection of Electricity Consumers (PROTECOM) support his questioning.
Complaints for Excessive Charges
The congressman stated that complaints for charges that users consider excessive passed from approximately 3,600 in April to 15,500 in September 2026. “That’s not a mistake. That’s a system. That seems like a decision”, he stated, questioning the frequency of complaints and the response of distributors to their clients’ grievances.
Errors in EDENORTE Bills
Mariotti claims that half of EDENORTE’s bills contain errors. According to his explanation, during the analyzed quarter, half of the complaints presented against that company were considered valid. From that result, Mariotti maintained that an important proportion of users who come to complain receive a favorable response from PROTECOM.
“And that’s what it means is that in Ede Norte, specifically, out of every ten bills they issue, five are issued with errors, according to their own data”, he declared. The legislator warned that the known cases by PROTECOM do not necessarily represent the totality of affected users, due to the fact that some consumers may not present complaints to the distributors or may not continue the process with the regulatory body.
Hearings and Interpellations
Mariotti also assured that, during a period of six months, the State gave the right to citizens in 20,000 occasions in processes related to electricity claims. “That’s more than 100 times daily that PROTECOM admitted that the distributor was charging people too much”, he stated.
The MP requested audits and interpellations to the electricity sector. “It’s an injustice and an abuse to continue giving money to distribution companies without proving how they are investing it, how they are spending it”, he expressed.
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