The government has hired a consulting firm from Washington to present a financial package aimed at tackling the electrical energy problem, announced President Leonel Fernandez. El Caribe reports that the President complained that the deficit in the sector for 2006 would be US$800 million, whereas in 2007 it will be US$1 billion. He said the US experts are to present a global financial package for the government to seek sustainable, long-term solutions to the energy crisis.