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Cuenca –
Centro Sur regulará el tendido de cables (Centro Sur to regulate the laying of cables) – The Empresa Eléctrica Regional Centro Sur created the Unidad de Control de Cables in abril, 2023 which has a team of engineers and cable cutters, to deal with illegal and tangled cables, “a dangerous headache for the citizens and authorities of Cuenca.” This unit costs Centro Sur about $300,000 a year which the electric company hopes to recover with rents for their infrastructure.
From this month to octubre, Centro Sur wants to sign contracts with the operators so they will be paying rent for the infrastructure. notifying unregulated operators that don't have a contract to use the Centro Sur post… “squatting on posts it hasn't paid to use.” Those that don't pay in 15 days will have their cables cut.
Regulating the legal installation includes complying with the Arcotel standards for heights of cables, labelling, bundling, and removing unused cables; In the worst areas, between 20 & 50% of the cables are “dead.” The ideal solution is to underground the cables, but it is very expensive.
Source: Cuenca Highlife
