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Charges on consumption under 3000 KWH


  Electricity Providers
Description
ICE CNFL
(San Jose)		 JASEC
(Cartago)		 ESPH
(Heredia)
First 30 KWh or less $3.26 $3.05 $1.84 $2.28
Each additional KWh $0.1088 $0.1017 $0.0615 $0.0757
Demand Fee (1)  
Each KWh over 15KWh  

 


Charges on consumption from 3001 KWH to 20,000 KWh


  Electricity Providers
Description
ICE CNFL
(San Jose)		 JASEC
(Cartago)		 ESPH
(Heredia)
First 3,000 KWh or less $190.63 $173.30 $97.03 $118.80
Each additional KWh $0.0635 $0.0578 $0.0323 $0.0394
Demand Fee (1)  
First 10 KWh (13KWh in
ICE) or less		 $127.46 $92.46 $52.79 $65.28
Each additional KWh $9.80 $9.25 $5.27 $6.53

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Charges on consumption over 20,000 KWh


  Electricity Providers
Description
ICE CNFL
(San Jose)		 JASEC
(Cartago)		 ESPH
(Heredia)
First 20,000 KWh or less $1,323.53 $910.88 $647.11 $800.23
Each additional KWh $0.046 $0.046 $0.0264 $0.0327
Demand Fee (1)  
First 27 KWh or less $264.72 $314.22 $142.52 $176.25
Each Additional KWh up to
40 KWh (60KWh in ICE) or less		 $9.8044 $11.6378 $5.2784 $6.5280
Each additional KWh $14.9022 $13.6378 $7.9756 $9.8632

(1) Demand fee is based on the 15 minutes with highest electricity consumption during a month. Companies with a consumption greater than 3000 KWh will have a meter that includes an indicator of peak demand with 15 minute integration cycles.

Note: Additional 13% of sales tax on all industrial accounts not included in these calculations.

Calculations made based on a rate exchange of 253.60 CRC per U.S. dollar on May 19, 1998.

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High Voltage Electricity Rates (138,000 Volts or more)

Energy Fees

January 1 - August 31 September 1 - December 31
Description

Peak*

Off Peak* Night* Peak* Off Peak*

Night*

Basic Monthly Rate $12,916 $12,350 $5,707 $15,916 $7,682 $7,585
# of KWh included on the
Basic Monthly Rate		 280,000 500,000 565,000 460,000 835,000 925,000
Each additional KWh $0.0461 $0.0247 $0.0101 $0.0346 $0.0092 $0.0082
 


Demand Fee (1)


January 1 - August 31 September 1 - December 31
 Description

Peak*

Off Peak* Night* Peak* Off Peak*

Night*

First 1,850 KW or less $19,462 $18,778 $8,510 $23,670 $11,280 $11,280
Each additional KWh $10.52 $10.15 $4.60 $7.89 $3.76 $3.76

(1) Demand fee is the maximum power consumption measured during a month for each of the three daily periods.

*Peak periods: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. (5 hours per day) Off Peak periods: 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (9 hours)

Night: 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. (10 hours per day)


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