Highlighting the relevant role played by the APRs, and their leaders, in the rural world, the Senate passed into law, and unanimously, the project that modifies the General Law of Electrical Services to reduce the surcharge charge for the hourly electricity rate peak and winter limit, for Rural Sanitary Services, former APR (Rural Drinking Water).

Senator Sergio Gahona was in charge of reporting the project and detailed that rural health service operators “will be applied a discount equivalent to the amount to be billed for the node price of peak power.”

All of them valued the initiative and recognized the complexities generated by the surcharge. “This is one of the most heartfelt demands of the rural world,” they stated.

Likewise, the project was classified as “necessary” and “fair”, due to the importance of “being able to have savings.” “It has a direct impact on the quality of life of rural communities and the sustainability of services.”

Along the same lines, it was highlighted that “APRs are a fundamental tool to provide drinking water to large sectors that previously did not have drinking water.”

In another order, the scarcity of water and the need for “significant investments in electricity” were warned.