AES-Andres has received a shipment of LNG (Liquid Natural Gas) for its generators in Andres and Los Mina. The newly arrived fuel will provide as much as 510 megawatts to the national system. According to reports in the Listin Diario and other papers, the announcement by President Fernandez that he would provide US$50 million to the sector in the short term has given the generators the boost of confidence they needed to get things rolling again.
Most of the country experienced longer periods of electric service over the past weekend, that is to say areas along the central axis of the nation: Santo Domingo, La Vega, Santiago and Puerto Plata. Smith-Enron and the Union Fenosa generators were again online and Superintendent of Electricity Radhames Segura said that while the AES generator was producing only 200 MW, full production would be resumed today.