Residents of buildings 6, 5 and 4 of block 4697 of the sector Housingmunicipality Santo Domingo Eastthey reported this Sunday that They have been facing constant electrical failures for more than a month, due to the breakdowns of the transformer. which supplies these buildings that have 16 apartments each, affecting about 48 homes.
The community members assure that the transformerlocated on Marcelo Lara street, presents continuous damage caused by illegal electrical connections, which has caused short circuits, minor fires in its tank and partial loss of the electrical phases that power the buildings.
Despite the reports made to the Distribution Company of Electricity from the East (Edeeste), The situation continues without a definitive solution, they denounced Free Diary.
Numerous reports closed without resolution
Those affected explained that, since the beginning of last October, they have made multiple reports to the distributorwhich have been closed without resolving the fault or with “patched” repairs that fail again with rain or a simple breeze.
Among the most recent reports are: number #326101, made by Rosa Caminero, and #322804, made by Felisandra Alonzo.
To these are added others previous reports closed without effective solution, like him #314069, by Roberto Durán; the #301970 and #303065 of Fior Fortuna and the #305420, #311367, #320929 and #314279.
Residents assure that, even visiting the offices of Edeeste in the Ensanche Ozama and the Charles de Gaulle, They have not received a specific response from the company.
Affected buildings live between blackouts and low voltage
![[object HTMLTextAreaElement]](https://resources.diariolibre.com/images/2025/11/16/whatsapp-image-2025-11-16-at-152310-879b77d9.jpeg "They ask Edeeste for a new transformer in Invivienda")
The failure of transformer causes total or partial loss of electricity in one or both phases, which It has affected refrigerators, air conditioners and other electrical equipment, apart from blackouts.
In the absence of stable power, some residents have had to be temporarily connected to outlets in other apartments Using extensions to prevent your food from being damaged.
“We are afraid that one day the transformer will explode for those illegal connections and cause a tragedy,” said one of the neighbors, who requested that his name be withheld.
The community members point out that people outside these buildings, who share the same transformer, They constantly violate electrical networks to connect directly to the device. This would be generating overloads and causing breakdowns.
In addition, they denounce that inside several of the buildings some residents They look for private technicians to make illegal connections in the panels, deteriorating the internal installation and affecting the electricity in apartments that do pay for the service.
They request a change of transformer and relocation to avoid fraud
Residents ask the Edeeste replace the current transformer with one of higher capacity and, in addition, change its location to prevent people from easily accessing the device and connecting illegally.
The residents’ proposal is that the equipment is relocated to Professor Manuel del Cabral Street, in front of block 4698, where it would be less exposed to manipulation.
They demand telemetry for building 6
Residents of building 6 also requested to be included in the Telemetry program, the new system implemented by Edeeste that allows remote reading of consumption and Avoid illegal connections from the transformer and from the internal panels.
They assure that telemetering would allow more transparent management of energy and It would prevent the electrical installation from continuing to deteriorate due to clandestine interventions.
