Governor Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia indicated that he does not favor the proposal of the Electricity Authority (AEE) to increase the cost of the electricity bill.
“No one wants an increase in light and I include myself. Who wants an increase in light? From the information that has transpired, this is solely and exclusively linked to the cost of fuel. It is not motivated by administrative inefficiencies,” he said. expressed the governor during a press conference in Bayamón.
The EEA asked the Energy negotiator for an increase in the electricity bill of 2.14 cents per kilowatt hour which, if approved, would be reflected during the quarter from April to June. The EEA today attributed the proposed increase to the fact that during the first quarter of this year, between January and March, fuel and energy purchase costs rose.
The increase is now in the hands of the Energy negotiator. The governor asked this entity to “verify” that the increase actually responds to the cost of fuel.
“It is a regulatory body that was created to ensure that matters are handled well in the EEA and establishes who has the final say in any increase in the tariff,” he indicated.
He stated that in the short and long term, the alternative is to “get out of fossil energy”.
“We need to comply with the public energy policy that requires that by 2025 40% of energy come from renewable sources,” he expressed. “The renewable source is not only the cleanest but has a fixed cost. It cannot be affected that the cost of oil went up. The people see how petrol is coming out more expensive because the cost of oil does not we control it. The solution is to stop burning oil and use the sun. “