Covering Electricity Costs

The Dominican Corporation of State Electricity Companies (CDEEE) will have to come up with an additional US$10 million to combat the energy deficit caused by failures at the Haina and Itabo energy centers, which caused a recent wave of blackouts in Santo Domingo and other parts of the country. The private companies of Haina and Itabo have the capacity to produce an extra 195 MW of power, but the generators that generate the energy are out of service because of their elevated service costs. In response to the wave of blackouts the government has decided to fund the use of four of these expensive power generators: the Siemens one already in use, and three others. The cost to the government will be US$6 million. The government will also spend US$3 million on transporting the Estrella Del Norte energy boat from Ozama River to Haina to increase the low energy production there. One million dollars will also be used to address Santo Domingo's low voltage problems.