This year, the National Power and Light Company (CNFL) will have more than ¢8.5 billion to invest in different projects for the electric network.
The annual Plan of investment in the Distribution System includes preventive and corrective maintenance; investment in state-of-the-art technology such as thermographic cameras, gas analyzers, reflectometry, isolation and contact meters and energy quality testers that detect future network failures.
It was reported that all preventive maintenance, which requires the suspension of the electric service, will be informed in advance, either verbally, written, by ads and mass media.
Preventive maintenance aims to preserve or increase the average operating times and reduce repair times. From mid-2016, the average preventive maintenance time went from 8 to 6.5 hours, with the same quality-work.
Victor Solís, general manager of the CNFL, said that the company’s finances are recovering. He said they have made efforts to tightly control spending, reduce costs, and invest more efficiently.