Blackouts not 'financial' says Segura

[NewsWhore]

The executive vice-president of the Dominican Corporation of State-run Electricity Companies (CDEEE), Radhames Segura has assured the general public that the rolling blackouts are not the result of financial problems. He said that they were related to technical and machinery issues at the generating stations. Segura said that the ten-hour blackouts, that even affected areas that normally qualify for 24-hour service were due to turbine and boiler problems in Puerto Plata, while the AES generators, which run natural gas, did not have fuel and the generators in Haina were waiting for a ship to arrive with fuel for their boilers. Segura told Listin Diario reporters that the CDEEE was providing 85% of demand and would increase supplies as soon as the fuel ships arrived.

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