The Administrator of the Dominican Electricity Corporation (CDE), Radhamés Segura, declared yesterday that CDE will not tolerate any delays in reconnecting all Dominican communities to the electrical grid by the holidays. He said that President Leonel Fernández has made CDE responsible to see that all Dominicans affected by Hurricane Georges have their electricity back before the holidays, and that CDE will do whatever it takes to meet that mandate. Three private firms have been hired and CDE personnel from Santiago brought in to add personnel to CDE teams repairing electrical lines in the eastern DR. Segura reported that all connections have been reestablished in the South, and the new Vicente Noble Substation has been put into operation. A majority of circuits in La Romana and the east already have been repaired, he claimed.
