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SANTO DOMINGO.- The blackouts resumed in the metropolitan yesterday after being felt in different parts of the country for several days, suspensions which energy corporation CDEEE chief Radhamés Segura blames on several plants being out of service, mostly for lack of fuel, maintenance or failures.

He said Cogentrix plants went out of service because of a US$7.5 million debt, that he said was to be paid in full yesterday; Smith and Enron has boiler failures although some tests had been conducted yesterday; Los Mina Turbines V and VI lacked natural gas as the fuel tanker had been delayed, and Haina I and IV were out of the grid for lack of fuel, the same as for the Palamara-La Vega

The situation led to a shortage of more than 800 megawatts in the national grid’s lines yesterday, although Segura expects an improvement today.

The official, speaking on Colorvision Channel 9 today, said starting Monday night around 470 megawatts began to reenter the system and the rest will continue entering today, for which around 85 percent of the problem will be solved.

The CDEEE chief denied that the fuel shortage is from the lack of money and affirmed that the cause is that some of the supply tankers had been delayed.

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Written by: gouletcolonial, 24 Jun 2008 10:18 AM
From: Spain, Sanlucar de Barrameda..Coto Doñana
and now comes darkness
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Written by: buenoha, 24 Jun 2008 10:41 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
People should learn to stop working with absolute numbers. Absolute numbers do not say anything about a subject. What really gives information is something like a percentage, or a ratio. Something in proportion to a standard.
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Written by: buenoha, 24 Jun 2008 10:44 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
What these companies need is good purchase managers that can CALCULATE!!! How can it be possible that they run out of supply simply because the delivery of fuel is late? Then they ordered the fuel too late or did not have enough stock. They should learn from housewives like my mother, who never run out of toilet paper or out of milk in their house, because they make sure there is enough stock and plan... lol.
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Written by: juanb, 24 Jun 2008 11:33 AM
From: Dominican Republic
With the bloated overstaffed payroll, with 5 people doing the work of two it is no wonder that we are going backwards in the electricity area. How about if we get rid of the bums and freeloaders, and put some people in place who know how to run a business (not run it into the ground). How many more years must we listen to the same excuses? Let's collect the money due for electrical consumption. Let's plan ahead for the fuel needs for our plants. Let's get some people in charge who know how to keep up with maintenance requirements.

LET"S GET OFF OUR BUTTS AND DO SOMETHING, (lalucha.com.do........don't know if its any good, but sure sounds OK to me)
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Written by: Belial, 24 Jun 2008 11:46 AM
From: United States, Texas
The bourgeoisie or the "private sector" in energy generationn sector should be grabbed by the neck and thrown into the streets.

Why would any country give the stupid bourgeois any role in the generation or distribution of electricity, one of the most strategic of industries?

"If you don't pay me, right now, 7.5 million US, I'm gonna cut yo lights off."

All that anybody gets from the bourgeois or over-glorified private sector is buck passing and excuses for recurring failures.

"Golly gee, we had a boiler failure and their tanker trucks moved too slow and the other one, over there, ran out of fuel." Oh me, oh mine.

Turn the plant over to the revolutionary proletariat. The workers know how to fix it.
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Written by: gouletcolonial, 24 Jun 2008 11:48 AM
From: Spain, Sanlucar de Barrameda..Coto Doñana
Very funny belial excellent satire
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Written by: anthonyC, 24 Jun 2008 12:22 PM
From: United States
What needs to be done asap is the complete privatization of the energy sector in the DR. Gas, Propane, electricity....all

Don't pay your light bill? Cut them off.

Then you will see the blackouts become the thing of the past.
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Written by: batguano101, 24 Jun 2008 5:58 PM
From: United States
This reminds me of the Cuban comedy routine in Miami-
Se choko el caro.
The Cuban exile explained to the policeman.
The car wrecked itself.

The implication is the machinery itself took on human characteristics to do something.
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Written by: Jerseyman, 25 Jun 2008 8:56 PM
From: United States
Nuclear power anyone?
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Written by: anthonyC, 25 Jun 2008 11:52 PM
From: United States
Jerseyman,

Would you want a Nuke plant in the D.R.? They can't even run a oil plant!
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Written by: dreadlocks, 27 Jun 2008 11:49 AM
From: United States
Jerseyman, that issue has been visited several times in this forum, and , sadly, is a non starter. would you want to live in this country with a nuclear power plant? if the guys cannot get conventional technology right, would you trust them with nuclear? and do you not believe that just as they run out of petroleum they will run out of uranium? only difference is that when you run out of petroleum, it is probably easier to resolve that shortage. as i said before, electricity delivery will NEVER be resolved in this country. there are just too many people making a fortune selling generators and inverters, not to mention servicing them!
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Written by: batguano101, 27 Jun 2008 10:49 PM
From: United States
Nuclear power would be a very poor choice in the D.R.
The investment is large, control totally out of anyone in the D.R. hands or even influence, and assured increased charges would result, holding the nation hostage, but with far larger debt to pay.

Did they ever pass the law to allow everyone to produce electricity and be paid or charged according to input and output?

Resorts and all businesses stood to invest in solar or wind to save huge money producing their own and selling the rest to the grid.
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