Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad

At present, the ICE Group is made up of four companies that offer cutting-edge solutions in electricity and telecommunications to the inhabitants of Costa Rica: the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE), which operates as its parent company, the Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y ​​Luz (CNFL), Radiografica Costarricense (RACSA) and, more recently, Gestión Cobro, although this focuses on administrative and judicial collection support for its three sister companies. Although the CNFL and RACSA were born decades before, it is after their integration into the ICE – in the 1960s – that they strengthened their contribution to electrification and telecommunications, with a social and environmental sense. Today, for example, ICE and CNFL supply almost 78% of the country's electricity, with the best standards of quality and continuity of service, and from renewable energy. The Group has a robust network of 40 generation plants and cutting-edge transmission and generation systems. The ICE is also a world leader in the research and development of geothermal energy, and has an electrical matrix that combines various sources: hydroelectric, geothermal, solar, wind and biomass. Thermal is only used as a backup. In telecommunications, through its Kölbi brand, it offers the telephone network with the greatest coverage and speed in the country. Likewise, it offers fiber optic networks, satellite communication platforms and high-speed underwater connections with the world.