The 475,000 users of the Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y ​​Luz (CNFL) are suffering the most voltage variations in power supply, a study of the Regulatory Authority for Public Services (Aresep).

The report of 15,119 voltage measurements made by borrowers of electric service, 25% do not meet established quality standards.

CNFL is the one that has affected services, 44% of the measurements, followed by Coopeguanacaste, with 33%, and the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), with 30%.

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The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) urged the speedy adoption of contingency bill promoted by the Government power.

He did see Gravin Mayorga, manager of Electricity ICE during a forum organized by the Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Associations of Private Business Sector (UCCAEP) to discuss this bill.

"Yes, we are so under the law of contingency. Would go very fast and not spend much more time discussing it, "Mayorga said, adding nearly 15 years waiting for a change of laws and model.

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The Government is on the verge of completing the process that would sign a contract for exploration for oil and natural gas in the plains of the north, with a U.S. company.

It's about "a few weeks," confirmed this medium Minister of Environment and Energy, Teofilo de la Torre.

Once that stage, the administration of Laura Chinchilla will face the choice between allowing the exploration or reject it, knowing that a legal claim could occur.

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The government revived the possibility of exploring oil and natural gas in the northern plains through a contract with a private company.

The Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications (Minaet) refined the last details to sign a 20-year concession with the U.S. company Mallon Oil Company.

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