In the Dominican Republic 10-hour blackouts and monthly increases in power rates are the norm, as are the government’s regular complaints that it lacks the funds to make timely payments to the power generators. But for the governmental CDEEE, whose recent buyback of the Union Fenosa power distributors caused the suspension of the stand-by agreement with the IMF, the best interests of its employees are its priority. As reported in the Listin Diario, CDEEE director Cesar Sanchez spoke at the ceremony where the owners were told that the provision of housing and other benefits to CDEEE employees was one of his main concerns when he was appointed to the post of administrator of the Dominican power corporation. The Listin goes on to inform that more than 100 CDEEE workers have obtained newly built government apartments. Most of the apartments are part of a 450-apartment complex in Hato Nuevo, Manoguayabo, in western Santo Domingo. Another 21 apartments are located in Santo Domingo at the Torre CDE I, a seven-storey building with two elevators located at Calle Benigno Filomeno Rojas near the UASD. The 124 square meter apartments are dispensed with very attractive terms for financing.