Junta Administrativa del Servicio Eléctrico Municipal de Cartago

What Junta Administrativa del Servicio Eléctrico Municipal de Cartago does

Junta Administrativa del Servicio Eléctrico Municipal de Cartago (JASEC) is a municipal government-owned utility entity headquartered in Cartago, Costa Rica, founded in 1964 and operating as a decentralized administrative body under the Municipality of Cartago. The company holds an exclusive franchise for electricity distribution within Cartago Province and has diversified into fiber optic broadband internet services delivered over its existing electrical distribution infrastructure, serving residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers.

JASEC's core products comprise electricity generation, distribution, and sale (consumption-based monthly billing with regulated tariffs published online) and fiber optic broadband internet offered through residential and business plans including Conectado, Empresarial, Gamer, Plus, Streaming, and Teletrabajo tiers. Supporting modules include a distributed energy resources (Generación Distribuida) program with public penetration capacity maps, EV charging support, LED street lighting services, online appointment scheduling, and integrated internet-on-electricity-bill payment. The underlying technology stack is a municipal fiber optic and electrical grid with a web-based customer service portal, multiple physical offices (Edificio Central, Paseo Metrópoli, Plataforma de Servicios), and multi-channel customer support including WhatsApp.

The business model is dual recurring-revenue: regulated electricity tariffs on a usage basis for the residential/commercial/industrial base, and monthly fiber internet subscriptions on the same billing platform. Distribution is direct through physical service centers, an online self-serve portal, and phone/WhatsApp hotlines, all restricted to the Cartago Province jurisdiction. The company is governed by a Board of Directors (Junta Directiva) and executive leadership, publishes annual financial statements and budgets, and operates with 251-500 employees.

Name

Junta Administrativa del Servicio Eléctrico Municipal de Cartago

Legal name

Junta Administrativa del Servicio Eléctrico Municipal de Cartago

Website

https://jasec.go.cr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

JASEC is a municipal government-owned utility providing electricity distribution and fiber optic internet services to residential, commercial, industrial, and government customers across Cartago Province, Costa Rica, operating as a decentralized entity under the Municipality of Cartago.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Electric Utility

NAICS

Electric Power Distribution (221122), Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (2211), Wired Telecommunications Carriers (517111)

SIC

Electric Services (4911), Electric & Other Services Combined (4931)

akta.pro primary industry

Municipal Electric Utilities (Munis) (EUADABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

EV Charging Network Management & Software Services (CPMS, Monitoring, Billing) (TLAKAMAG), Distribution System Planning (DSP) & Non-Wires Alternatives (NWA) (EUADAGAB)

Keywords

• Electricity distribution
• Fiber optic internet
• Municipal utility services
• Broadband internet service
• Electrical infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Cartago

HQ country

Costa Rica

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Electricity Distribution Services: Generation, distribution, and sale of electricity to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Cartago, Costa Rica. Revenue generated through electricity tariffs and consumption-based billing.
2. Internet Services: Fiber optic broadband internet services offered under plans including Conectado, Empresarial, Gamer, Plus, Streaming, and Teletrabajo. Revenue generated through monthly subscription fees.
3. Technical Services: Installation, maintenance, and repair services for electrical infrastructure including meters, transformers, and distribution lines. Services include meter installation, line extensions, and equipment maintenance.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

JASEC provides municipal electricity distribution services (generation, distribution, and consumption-based billing) and fiber optic broadband internet services (residential and business plans) to customers in Cartago, Costa Rica. Operations are supported by physical service centers, an online customer portal, and digital tools for billing, appointments, outage reporting, and distributed energy resource integration.

Product overview

JASEC provides a dual core offering: municipal electricity distribution and fiber optic internet services. The electricity service covers generation, distribution, and billing across Cartago, while the internet division offers residential and business fiber optic plans under the Conectado, Gamer, Plus, Streaming, and Teletrabajo brands. Supporting services include distributed energy resources integration, EV charging support, online appointment booking, and bill management. The portfolio operates as a platform-plus-modules architecture where the core electricity and internet services are supplemented by various digital and infrastructure add-on modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Servicio Eléctrico (Electricity Distribution Service)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Empresas Municipales de Cali (EMCALI): Municipal multi-utility of Cali, Colombia, providing electricity, water, and telecommunications services under the same municipally owned charter. Highly comparable in structure to JASEC as a municipal junta administradora with adjacent telecom.
• Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz (CNFL): Costa Rican electric distribution cooperative serving the Greater Metropolitan Area of San José under a municipal cooperative model. Closest peer given parallel business model: regulated electricity distribution within an exclusive Costa Rican service territory combined with active community stakeholder governance.
• Coopeguanacaste: Costa Rican electric distribution cooperative serving the Guanacaste region with electricity and fiber optic internet services. Closest direct domestic peer operating under the cooperative/municipal utility model with bundled telecom.
• Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM): Colombian municipal multi-utility owned by the Municipio de Medellín, operating electricity distribution, water, gas, and telecommunications (UNE/Tigo). Closely comparable multi-service municipal utility model with electricity plus telecom bundled offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE): State-owned Costa Rican utility operating electricity generation, transmission, distribution, and a national telecom brand (Kolbi). Directly competes with JASEC's fiber ISP division and serves as the broader incumbent for electricity in Costa Rica.
• Liberty Latin America / Cabletica: Major cable and fiber operator in Costa Rica (operating as Cabletica/Movistar) and across Latin America. Direct competitor in JASEC's fiber ISP business within Cartago Province with national scale advantages.

Regional players

• Hidrandina (Grupo Distriluz): Peruvian regional electric distribution company serving northern Peru under the state-owned Distriluz group. Comparable as a mid-sized LatAm distribution utility with municipal/state ownership characteristics.
• ENSA (Grupo EPM): Panamanian electric distribution company owned through the EPM group. Regional peer operating under the Latin American municipal-utility ownership model with similar electricity distribution scope.
• Edesur Dominicana: Dominican Republic electric distribution utility serving the southern part of the country. Comparable as a regional Caribbean/Central American distribution operator facing similar regulatory frameworks.

Emerging players

• Tigo Costa Rica (Millicom International Cellular): Major mobile and fixed telecom brand in Costa Rica under Millicom's Tigo umbrella. Competes for fiber broadband subscribers in Cartago Province against JASEC's ISP division.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/JASECCORPORATIVO
• Instagraminstagram.com/jasec_corporativo
• Xx.com/JASECorporativo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jasec-corporativo

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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