Dominican Republic: Power Blackouts Testing Citizens’ Patience

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | August 27th, 2008 | Trackback

Daily blackouts lasting as long as 18 hours have put the nation on edge as nerves are fraying across the country. The government claims power output is operating at 85 percent of capacity but the locals don’t believe it. Businesses without their own generators are running into serious problems, and those with generators are also suffering because of the high cost of fuel. The main tourist resort areas of Punta Cana and Puerto Plata have been largely unaffected because tourist businesses there have generators or buy electricity from private power companies.

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