It serves the rapidly growing hotel and resort areas of Punta Cana, Bávaro, Verón, Macao, Uvero Alto and Miches in the East; the Senator (formerly RIU) hotel complex in Puerto Plata in the north; the Bahia Principe hotel in Samaná in the north-east; and Bayahíbe and La Romana in the South-East of the island with an available installed capacity of more than 602 MW and more than 152 MWh in battery storage systems. It supplies energy solutions and reliable complementary services, promoting sustainable development in the areas of influence.

CEPM was originally established by Rolando Gonzalez Bunster and his partners in 1992 to provide 2MW of power to the Fiesta Hotel in Bávaro. In 2011, CEPM developed and commissioned Quilvio Cabrera (8.25MW), the Dominican Republic’s first wind farm.

CEPM understand the importance of electricity in the development process of cities and towns, which is why CEPM works 24 hours a day to supply a first-class electricity service. Through 1,900 kilometers of high, medium, and low voltage transmission lines, the company provides energy to 65% of the national tourism sector – over 55,000 rooms – and to more than 70,000 residential and business customers. During the last two decades it has become the main promoter of growth and development in the region.

CEPM Zero: towards carbon neutrality

At COP 26, CEPM announced the CEPM Zero program that aims to achieve carbon neutrality during this decade. Through the use of renewable energies such as wind and solar energy, storage systems such as batteries and reservoirs. This program will contribute to turning CEPM’s concession area into a world-class 100% green destination. With a billion dollar investment, CEPM will become one of the first zero-emission and 100% renewable electricity companies in the world.

Ancillary services:

Transmission: CEPM built the island’s first privately-owned transmission line in 2008, which connects CEPM to the Sultana del Este power barge in San Pedro de Macorís (125 km). An Optical Ground Wire (OPGW) of 48 fibers was built into the transmission infrastructure which allows CEPM to supply telecommunication services.

District Energy Services: Waste heat is recovered from CEPM’s engine exhaust gases and used to produce superheated hot water that is distributed via a closed-loop circuit pipeline to nearby hotels. This is then passed through absorption chillers and is transformed into chilled and hot water supply for the hotels.

Thermal Energy Services: CEPM offers customers an efficient supply of sanitary hot water, steam, thermal oil and chilled water. Its portfolio of services includes the evaluation, design, implementation, operation and maintenance of thermal energy generation stations at the customer’s location.

Cable TV, Internet and fixed Telephony Services: CEPM owns 80% of Servicios TV Satelite, S.R.L. (“MCR”), a telecoms company in Bávaro that supplies pay TV, internet and fix telephony through its fiber network and telecoms license under the Activa brand. MCR leverages CEPM’s existing infrastructure to offer its digital services to hotels and residential customers in the area.

Prepaid service and smart metering: CEPM is the only electricity distribution company where 100% of its customers are managed through remote metering allowing it customers to see in real-time its energy consumption and migrate from pre-paid to pos-paid contracts easily.

Electric mobility: CEPM promotes electric mobility in the country as part of its commitment to sustainable and environmentally friendly processes, and as an effective way to fight climate change. We promote and lead the transition towards sustainable mobility and promote the electrification of the transportation sector.

CEPM’s fleet is 100% electric.