The president of the Unified Council of the distributing companies (CUED), Celso Marranzinihe asked patience to the population that is suffering days of blackoutsproduct of the exit of one of the plants of the thermoelectric plant Punta Catalinainformed yesterday.
Marranzini said Thursday that Electric Service It would be normalized before the weekend, date on which it is projected to correct the click on the boiler of unit two of the state generator.
“All we can do is ask for patiencewe ask for excuses from our clients, “he said. The official said that the power cuts are only from Two hours per circuitdeniving that there is blackouts from among FIVE AND SEVEN HOURSas the population denounces.
“We are handling (the interruption of Electric Service) especially in the hours from 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. rotating the circuits Every two hours, so that no one has a very long energy suspension. I say, it may be that in a circuit there are two hours of blackout and then there is a breakdown, especially in those circuits where everyone is hooked, “he said.
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He reproached that the sectors that least pay for the electric service are the first to protest the blackberries with the burning of tires, citing the case that occurred this Wednesday in Bonao, revealing that 50 % of users do not pay, a figure that in the February 27 neighborhood is 80 %.
The also executive vice president of Punta Catalina criticized the Lack of planning of previous governments in the generation sector, confirming that currently the Interconnected national electrical system (Seni) does not have a Technical Reserve that can face the exit of a large plant “or anything” (park or central) that comes out at this time of year.
“All these are the situations of when the growth of the generation sector is not expected. You cannot have the sector at a limit. After Punta Catalina, which was an excellent addition to the system, but not the solution, a new tender must have been made in 2018. If it had been done in that year today we would have 600-800 more megawatts. We need a reserve that we do not have”Executive Vice President of Punta Catalina
Communicated that the central Energy 2000 will enter the Seni in Decemberwhile Energas and Siba generators will also do so between September and previous completion of the year. “That will help us,” he said.
Heat wave with blackouts
In the middle of the heat wavehundreds of Dominican families face a Electric crisis that not only affects its appliances, businesses or daily routine. Now, hit the healthdignity and patience of a population that cries out for urgent solutions.
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From the Guaricans to San José de Ocoa, passing through Bonao, the Ensanche La Paz, Villa Carmen and Los Barrios 27 de February and Espaillat, the blackouts have become a desperate constant. And they are not simple power cuts. They are long batches of up to 14 hours, often started at night, when heat intensifies and the dream becomes almost a luxury.
“They take it (electricity) to 10:00 at nightthose executioners. Thus dawns, all morning without light, and with these high temperatures that there is not even at night fresh breeze, “laments a resident in the Guaricans, where the situation keeps the entire sector dark since Saturday.
The residents They assure that at night the children cry, the elders suffocate and They can’t do anything.
The impotence It also manifests in the streets. Burning gums, Cacerolazos, protests In front of the offices of the distributors, and spontaneous marches, such as that of the community of Bonao, Monsignor Nouel province, which yesterday walked until EDENORTE To denounce what they described as “blackouts criminals “.
In it National Districtthe community of Ensanche La Paz report interruptions up to 24 hours in a row.
They point out that fridge products They are damagedyou can’t work, not even study.
