Water:

Exchange rate considered: 1 US Dollar X 10.80 pesos. - May, 2006
Cubic meters are set in Mexican Pesos, Gallons are set in U.S. Dollars.
The rate is subject to changes in accordance with the raise in operation costs.  Tax not included.
Source: Comisión Estatal de Servicios Públicos.

Domestic water rates:

Baja California’s Electric System:
Baja California’s electric system comes from two main source centers, one in Rosarito, “Thermoelectric Plant Presidente Juarez” and the other one in Mexicali, “Geothermal Plant Cerro Prieto”.

Cerro Prieto Geothermal Plant is the largest in Latin America and the second largest in the world.The charge of power is made per kilowatt/hour (k.w./h), and it changes according to the rate’s type chosen and depending on the consumption, the intervals are described as follows:

NOTES: More than 650 companies are under the O-M and H-M rates.
      HM-C is recommended for companies with only 1 shift.
      High Consumers: Thomson, DOMEX, Sidec, Aqueducts.

It is important to consider that during the summer prices are different through the day due to peak hours, mostly between 12:00–18:00 hours or 14:00–18:00 hours, depending of your rate type (H-M or H-MC). The rest of the day, it is considered as intermediate hours, hence, prices are cheaper. The summer period starts on May 1st, until October’s last Saturday.

During the winter, rates are lower than in summer. There are no peak hours; only base and intermediate hours apply, which are cheaper. Intermediate hours go from 17:00 to 22:00 hours Monday through Friday, and 18:00–21:00 hours on Saturday. The rest of the day is considered as base hours. The winter period starts on October’s last Sunday until April 30th.

 Industrial Power Rates in Baja California *(U.S. Dollars/ K.w.h.)

Exchange rate considered: 1 US Dollar X 10.80 pesos.     Prices of May, 2006.
Source: Comision Federal de Electricidad.

Telephone Tarifs:

Source: Telnor
Note: The original amounts in pesos with exchange rate of 14.53 per us dollar.

Source: Telcel 2008

Note: Original amounts in pesos with an exchange rate of 14.53 per us dollar

Sempra Energy has a terminal for unloading, storage and regasificate liquid natural gas, under the name of Energía Costa Azul, located 15.5 miles of Ensenada. Its main market is Mexico and the exceeding gas is exported to the State of California, USA.

They started operations in 2008 with a shipping capacity of 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day.  The gas is transported in a 26 miles pipe line which is connected to the existing distribution system located trough the border of Baja California close to California, USA.