SANTO DOMINGO.- The crisis in the energy supply began to wane since Friday, after the authorities of the Dominican State-owned electrical conglomerate grouped in CDEEE and of the Hacienda Ministry met with president Leonel Fernandez and the announcement the debt payment with money and fuels to the power companies.

Yesterday noon the national interconnected grid’s (SENI) output was 1,310 megawatts, with a 369 megawatt deficit, with the national demand of 1,679 megawatts, which brought about a slight improvement, although the energy demand is lower on weekends.

To reduce the blackouts the Government tries to defer the payment, in cash and in fuel, of the US$300 million the power companies demand.

CDEEE vice-president Rahdamés Segura said US$30 million of the US$130 million will be paid this year in fuels, and the remaining US$300 million next year, with a special line of credit or allotments in the budget.

Yesterday the plants remained off line the system Los Mina V and VI; Haina I and IV; Falconbridge 1 and 2; CEPP 1 and 2 (Puerto Plata); and Cespm 1 (San Pedro).