When I moved to the DR in 2003, I knew the power situation where I would live was not good. In the years of Hippolito it was incredibly bad. We tried to organize our neighbors to get a better situation of fewer blackouts, but to no avail. There were many days when we had 8 hours of electricity. I became an expert on batteries, inverters and generators.
Finally after 15 years, Edenorte has decided to upgrade our area to 24/7 power (such as that is in the DR anywhere.)
They are working on the multiple issues by putting in new power poles, new transformers, new wiring and new remote readable power meters. This is after 3 attempts by Edenorte officials trying to extort money from us for actually doing a job they were obliged to do. This is after being told by officials in three different offices that they would not give us 24/7 power over the past couple of months. They wanted us to pay for the improvements...
They finally gave in and are spending the money. Improvements should be completed within two weeks. That speed is possible only because they hired a contractor to do the work and he gets paid when he is done and they are good at doing the work.
It was not a pleasant wait for all those years.
Finally after 15 years, Edenorte has decided to upgrade our area to 24/7 power (such as that is in the DR anywhere.)
They are working on the multiple issues by putting in new power poles, new transformers, new wiring and new remote readable power meters. This is after 3 attempts by Edenorte officials trying to extort money from us for actually doing a job they were obliged to do. This is after being told by officials in three different offices that they would not give us 24/7 power over the past couple of months. They wanted us to pay for the improvements...
They finally gave in and are spending the money. Improvements should be completed within two weeks. That speed is possible only because they hired a contractor to do the work and he gets paid when he is done and they are good at doing the work.
It was not a pleasant wait for all those years.