NewsWhore
10-26-2006, 04:20 PM
Strong rains only worsened the situation for many Dominican citizens last night when they were surprised by a power outage, caused by the breakdown of a 138,000-volt power transmission line. The breakdown happened at the Palamara substation and caused a stoppage of service throughout most of the country, worsening the already deteriorating energy supply deficit caused by the exit of five energy generators that produce 400 MW of power. The breakdown occurred at 6:00pm yesterday evening and affected 90% of EdeSur subscribers. EdeSur is informing that the deficit in the energy sector the company has led it to change the power-rationing schedule, in which they alternate the sectors that are blacked out. In areas where the service was being interrupted in a regular schedule, the electric service failed in the early morning and continued until the night. Listin Diario received calls from residents in different areas reporting outages more than 10 hours long, mainly in the metropolitan area. Also affected were provinces in the southern region such as San Cristobal, Azua, San Juan, San Jose de Ocoa and Peravia. Superintendent of Electricity Francisco Mendez informed that the interruptions that are affecting the capital city and Santo Domingo Province are due to voltage problems and that the Itabo II generators are being tested while Itabo I has just re-entered the system. Because of this, an improvement in supply is expected today.
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