Electricity Distributor Ede-Este reports that for the past 72 hours its ability to supply electricity to its customers has been seriously hampered by a major deficit in electricity supply from the generators. Ede-Este said that as a result it was forced to increase the hours of blackouts.<\/p>\n
The electricity distributor said that the deficit was due to several generators shutting down operations. <\/p>\n
Although Monday was not as bad as the weekend, the company said that they still had a 149-megawatt deficit and that they could only meet 69% of demand.<\/p>\n
The generators that have shut down or are producing less than their best output include: Haina I (50mw), Haina Gas (100 mw), Monte Rio (72 mw), Macorix II (100 mw), Los Mina V and VI (210 mw), and the Sultana del Este which is rated at 152 megawatts but is only producing 87 megawatts. <\/p>\n
The blackouts coincide with a major power rate increase levied onto paying consumers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Electricity Distributor Ede-Este reports that for the past 72 hours its ability to supply electricity to its customers has been seriously hampered by a major deficit in electricity supply from the generators. Ede-Este said that as a result it was forced to increase the hours of blackouts. The electricity distributor said that the deficit was … <\/p>\n