A 105 megawatt generator barge will dock in the port of Boca Chica in the beginning of April. The plant is expected to go on line shortly after, contributing to reduce blackouts in the DR. The announcement was made in Singapore by Temístocles Montás, Technical Secretary of the Presidency, who is accompanying President Leonel Fernández on his Asian tour. He explained that the barge, property of Western Energy, has a cost of US$60 million. Its installation will not cost the Dominican state, as it will derive its profits from sale of energy to whoever will purchase this. The owner of Western Energy, Mr. Dato Joseph Chong, a Malaysian businessman, had visited President Fernández in Santo Domingo. Montás announced in Singapore, that the barge is one of two that will come. Another is expected to arrive in July.
