Several generating plants within the Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad (CDE) were rendered inactive by the winds spinning off from hurricane Bertha, thereby causing an electricity shortage. This was announced by the corporation’s administrator, Amilcar Romero, who explained that the situation was the reason for the recent power cuts. Many sectors of the city of Santo Domingo did not have electricity on Tuesday, while the CDE reported several plant failures caused by the outer fringes of the hurricane. The corporation also said that the electricity supply is gradually stabilizing with the re-introduction of the disabled power stations to the grid.