Households will pay more for  light to compensate low of firms

ICE requested reduction of 16% for 4 firms and 0.76% increase for other customers

Alunasa, Holcim, Cemex and Intel are the most favored tariff reduction

Households subscribers ICE electricity will pay a little more of their electric bills to offset a reduction for large industrial companies.

The homes will have an adjustment of 0.76% in receipts, while the four companies with greater electricity consumption will get a discount of 16.18%.

For a family with a consumption of 200 kilowatt hours per month (kWh) this is about 96 ¢ more. From¢ 12,600 to ¢ 12,696.

They captured the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) in an application for modification of rates made in December.

The petition discusses the Regulatory Authority for Public Services (Aresep) that must be resolved before May 12.

ICE management responds to a directive from the Government which requires most competitive rates for industry.

The order, released this April 20 in The Gazette, is aimed at power sector entities.

The document states that these companies must adapt and adjust their electricity of mean and high voltage tariffs in order to facilitate the development state funtion , promotion and attraction investment.

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Recope and ICE point at natural gas for energy and transport

Study will identify technical and economic feasibility of using this fuel here

Institute aims to turn natural gas thermal generation plant Moin

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Recope and ICE are now moving to natural gas for electricity generation and in the future to provide public transport.

Both companies are awaiting a study hired a Canadian firm, which define the technical and economic feasibility of using this fuel as a substitute for bunker or diesel, it is cleaner and cheaper.

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The plan to dam Diquís progresses steadily in the ICE

Institute issued in April first part of the environmental feasibility study

Chancellor shall perform consulting indigenous megaplanta

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The plan to build the hydroelectric megaplanta The Diquís in Buenos Aires, Puntarenas, moving steadily in the ICE.

Although the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) meets in April a year since retiring from indigenous territories where plans to install part of the reservoir, the project has stopped.

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