Public Relations Officer at the Dominica Electricity Services Ltd (DOMLEC), Ayeola George, has announced that recent outages were a result of unexpected obstacles faced during scheduled upkeep at the organization’s hydroelectric facilities.
Her comments came during a media statement this week.
“These outages were a result of unforeseen challenges encountered during planned maintenance activities at our hydro stations,” she said. “The PADU Station was taken offline to facilitate repairs to a nearby pipeline that had been damaged by a landslide earlier this year.”
With transmission works for the upcoming geothermal project already in progress in the area, George noted that this provided an opportune time to complete the pipeline repair and strengthen the system.
Furthermore, she said the works initially scheduled for Friday through Sunday extended into Monday.
In addition, George stated that the PADU Station was offline for scheduled annual BusBar maintenance.
“As part of the BusBar operations, our Trafalgar Station was also taken offline due to its interconnection with PADU,” George explained.
She continued, “During restoration, issues were discovered with two units at Trafalgar which required immediate attention.”
George revealed that these were fully resolved by 3:00 PM on Monday, August 25.
Meanwhile, she pointed out that DOMLEC’s generation capacity was significantly reduced, and customers in parts of the north, west, south-west, and east coast of the island experienced prolonged outages.
“We recognized that this was an extreme disruption and we are working to ensure that such an occurrence does not repeat,” she emphasized. “DOMLEC extends sincere apologies to all affected customers for the inconvenience caused and deeply appreciates your patience and understanding.”
The compnay also commended its committed on-call crews who worked tirelessly to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.
manicou again
same old .. same old….I think you should say sincere condolences not applogy….put apology to rest….domlec should pay citizens when there is no lights…because when there is lights domlec is so happy to abuse the citizens….u think you can attract investors with this electricity cost? think again…..I pray that hotels will connect and run on domlec when geothermal gets on board….we are waiting for the real savings
Water is life and Electricity is the lifeblood of modern living. These two essential services in Dominica are woefully unreliable. This speaks volumes about the competence of the Roosevelt-led corrupt, oppressive and despotic autocracy.
In Dominica there is water interruptions EVERYDAY. Many communities are plunged into darkness ever so often because of electricity outages.
There is no greater menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt,
or vile people. That’s aptly describes Roosevelt and his cabinet of infidels.