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The average salary of employees of the Electricity Distribution Companies (Edenorte, Edeeste and Edesur) increased by 4.0% in the last year according to data as of September, reaching RD$65,175.49.
On the other hand, electricity losses, which reflect the unbilled purchased energy, increased from 37.5% in 2024 to 38.4% in 2025, equivalent to an increase of 2.6%.
The number of employees in the EDEs is 7,491, after a reduction of 369 employees according to the difference between September 2024 and September 2025.
However, spending on payroll remains the same, with 7,860 employees in September 2024, the EDEs had a payroll of US$7.8 million, the same amount as a year later, but with 7,491 employees.
However, the relationship of billed clients per employee increased by 404 in the last year, which is equivalent to a growth of 7.2%.
In September 2025, active customers increased by 1.9% (60,968 additional customers), reaching a total of 3,219,538. Billed customers grew by 2.1% (62,935 additional customers), for a total of 3,027,019. Collected customers rose by 5.6% (132,239 additional), reaching a total of 2,484,357.
Regarding the measurement, the remotely measured customers were 1,762,202, with an increase of 10.2%, while the manually measured ones were 1,264,817, reflecting a decrease of 7.3%. This represents 58.2% of remotely measured customers and 41.8% of manual ones within the total billed.
Between January and September of this year, due to the operational deficit of the EDEs, the Central Government had to transfer subsidies amounting to US$1,162.8 MM in those first nine months of the year.
