The President Luis Abinader surprised this Saturday by announcing that he will visit Punta Catalinain a context marked by the constants blackouts that affect different sectors of the Dominican Republic, after the operation of one of the units of the thermoelectric plant.
The visit, which will be at 4:00 in the afternoon, was not included in the Presidential Agenda of this weekend.
The authorities have reported that electrical interruptions are due to the fact that, last Tuesday, August 12, at 7:17 at night, Unit number 2 of Punta Catalina He left the product of a “click on the wall” of the home of the boiler.
Before population claims, which have degenerated in street protests in several provinces, the president of the UNIFIED COUNCIL OF THE DISTRIBUTOR COMPANIES (CEED), Celso Marranzini, requested patience and assured that the electric service would be normalized once the boiler failure of unit two of the state generator was corrected.
“All we can do is ask for patience. We ask our clients excuses“Marranzini said on Thursday, August 14.
Improvement
On his side, the Minister of Energy and Mines, Joel Santoshe informed that The electric service It will experience significant improvement from tomorrow, Sunday, thanks to the reincorporation of several plants generating to the Interconnected National Electrical System (SENI)which will add 525 megawatts to the installed capacity.
- Santos explained that Energy cuts They are mainly due to two factors: the extraordinary increase in demand caused by high temperatures and Operation of several generation plants for technical reasons.
Among the affected units figure Punta Catalina 2with the ability to 360 megawattsscheduled to reintegrate between the early hours of this Saturday and Sunday.
