Executive director of the union, Jorge Arriaza, confirmed yesterday that for small and medium businesses in the industrial sector the increase will be between one and eight thousand dollars per month.
"We have calculated that the increases may go from a range of one to two thousand dollars per month for small business, to a range of eight thousand dollars, and for large companies we may have to pay up to 60 or 70 thousand dollars in electricity," Arriaza said.

Source: elsalvador.com

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