In connection with the issue of blackouts, the Diario Libre is reporting there is a severe shortage of fuel for the generating facilities to produce electricity, and the paper offers the perspective of a possible nationwide blackout by this coming Friday. Sources close to the Haina plant confided to reporters from the DL that they only have fuel to last until Friday and that it will take at least 15 days for a ship to arrive to re-fuel the facility. In the middle of the fuel shortage, the generators have still not received official word that pending debts have been cancelled. EdeNorte, EdeSur and EdeEste have a combined debt of US$375 million. Meanwhile, facilities such as Smith Enron, CEPP-I, Los Mina V and VI and AES-Andres are out of fuel and offline. The plants represent over 550 megawatts of generation. While the plants Los Mina V and VI and AES-Andres operate with natural gas, they do not have the money to purchase this cheapest of fuels.