The director of Communications of the Dominican Electricity Corporation, Domingo Páez explained that the blackouts occurring in Santo Domingo are due to major power plants going out of service. He said that the AES Dominican Power Partners Los Mina IV plant, and the Haina IV are out of service. In addition, Smith Enron power plant in Puerto Plata is only producing 60 megawatts of 185 megawatts. He said supply as of yesterday was only 1,300 megawatts, when demand surpasses 1,575 megawatts. Nevertheless, he forecast the situation would improve by the end of the week.
