Smith Enron Cogeneration Limited Partnership announced the suspension of the supply of power on 11 January. The communication from the company explains that it does so given the arrears in payment on behalf of the Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad, the state electricity company. The CDE still is the intermediary, and buys power from generators that had standing contracts with the government, that will be eventually distributed by the new private electricity companies. Smith Enron says the CDE owes it more than US$23 million.
