ARESEP prohibits ESPH provide services in Santo Domingo de Heredia

The CNFL has filed seven complaints against ARESEP against ESPH

March 25th,2015

The Regulatory Authority for Public Services (Aresep) ordered the Public Service Company of Heredia (ESPH) refrain from providing the service power supply to new users in the canton of Santo Domingo de Heredia.

This measure is imposed as a precautionary measure until the conflict of territorial competition managed by the National Power and Light Company (CNFL) is resolved.

The CNFL has filed seven complaints against ARESEP against ESPH for alleged anticompetitive practices.

The Regulatory Authority also ordered the opening of a regular administrative procedure to resolve this conflict and reserved "to be assessed once it is resolved" the requirement to apply CNFL ESPH appropriate penalties "for not providing authorized public service and anti-competitive practices ".

Source: 'La Nación'