Customers Finance Their Own Compensations for Power Outages: They Reveal Hidden Collection on Ballots

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Since June 2024, electricity accounts include a charge for users to finance the compensations they receive...

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Congressman Luis Cuello said that "today the law clearly establishes that it is the concessionaires who compensate for the power cuts".

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As of June 2024, 21 of the 26 electricity distribution companies began to include in the monthly accounts of their customers two charges that add up to 0.52% of the total value, which are intended to pay compensation for supply interruptions, according to Ciper. In Antofagasta, for example, if a household pays an average of $41,607 per month for electricity consumption, $216 are designated for the payment of future compensations for service cuts…

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In view of the information published in some media regarding a possible charge to users by electricity companies to finance compensations for power outages, the National Energy Commission (CNE) issued a Public Statement, in which it emphasizes that “electrical tariffs do not include any charge intended to finance compensations that distribution companies must pay consumers for non-compliances in the quality of service. Nor is there a fund intend…

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