According to information from the Commercial Directorate of Electricity of Haiti (EDH), the revenues collected in December 2018 for the metropolitan area are down sharply. From the figures given, it appears that the number of customers who did not pay their bill in December is significantly higher than in November 2018.

Out of 136,589 invoices issued, there was a total of 16,654 payments, a rate of 12.19%.

In the category of large customers out of 2,614 invoices issued 1,016 were paid (38% against 51,5% in November), in Pétion-ville 31,532 invoices issued for 5,022 payments (15.9% against 17.7% in November), in Delmas 21,086 invoices issued for 3,712 payments (17.6% against 23% in November), in Tabarre 23,056 invoices for 1,257 payments (5.4%), in Carrefour 35,105 invoices for 2,626 payments (7.4%) and finally in Port-au-Prince out of 23,196 invoices issued had 3,021 payments (13% versus 23% in November 2018).

Recall that in November 2018 the debt (unpaid bills) due to EDH by the various consumer sectors, standed at 17.2 billion gourdes (± 235 million US dollars) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25919-haiti-economy-customers-owe-172-billion-unpaid-bills-to-edh.html

• Residences in Port-au-Prince and in provincial towns more than 9 billion gourdes;

• Shops in Port-au-Prince and in the provinces more than 1.2 billion Gourdes;

• Industries more than 1 billion Gourdes;

• Public lighting 3.7 billion gourdes; ;

• Autonomous organizations in Port-au-Prince and the provinces 697 million Gourdes;

• Public bodies: 1.3 billion gourdes.

Se also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26188-haiti-security-attempts-of-fire-and-destruction-of-edh-facilities.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25919-haiti-economy-customers-owe-172-billion-unpaid-bills-to-edh.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25913-haiti-flash-80-of-edh-customers-refuse-to-pay-their-electricity-bill.html

HL/ HaitiLibre