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Written by Lourdes Quintanilla

electricity service is reaching every more residents of municipalities in the rural area. AES El Salvador realized his plan 2010.

electricity service has been most significant, according to the annual report of AES El Salvador.

this year were installed 592 kilometers of electrical networks in areas benefiting from the American project Fomilenio cooperation. work only for this day, requested $ 990.000 by AES, but the end is a joint venture between the companies and donors.

In 2012 "we to be benefiting or increasing about 27,000 customers who will be helped in that area, "said Ricardo Vega, vice president of AES operations in the country, referring to the north. There are the target populations Fomilenio. This year some 5,700 families benefited.

Until 2012, when the execution of the program, will be installed by 1.300 kilometers of electrification at a cost of $ 5 million. In 2011, AES will install 400 miles.

also in rural enterprises that are part of this cluster (CAESS, CLESA, EEO and DEUSEM) spent $ 700.000 to improve construction of private networks in rural areas, as they do not meet basic safety requirements and threatened to users.

Finally, another $ 270,000 was allocated to continue expanding the electricity network in the country with the resources of the National Investment in Electricity and Telecommunications (FINET). The destination of this money is covered by the Fund Act, administered by the state.

The remaining investments

In total, AES has invested $ 24.79 million in various projects throughout 2010 as part of an investment plan for five years and a 10-year global.

Vega said that only in expansion of power distribution networks have invested nearly $ 7.75 million, and infrastructure for the convenience of users $ 19.000.

The goal of the plan is that next year it will invest about $ 25 million.

One of the factors that enable the company to increase the amount of investment is the change in the tariff schedule of six months to three months. This adjustment in the collection of electricity bills will have space for greater availability of cash (see side note).

AES is pending for 5% coverage of energy, equivalent to about 200,000 users, and that over time have achieved 90% coverage throughout its area of \u200b\u200binfluence.