An additional two units leased to the Dominica Electricity Services Limited (DOMLEC) which arrived in Dominica on November 10, are expected to boost DOMLEC’s generation and provide relief from load shedding currently being experienced.
This was according to Prime Minister Rosevelt Skerrit during a press conference on Wednesday.
The units will be installed and commissioned by November 30, 2023.
“DOMLEC has entered into a rental agreement with Aggreko, a US-based generator rental firm to lease two units generating 3 megawatts of electricity,” he said. “The 3 megawatts units arrived on island on Friday, November 10, and should be online by November 30, 2023.”
He continued, “This will boost DOMLEC’s generation capacity and provide relief from the load shedding currently being experienced.”
Skerrit said his government procured additional generator units amounting to 4.8 megawatts of power which will be leased to DOMLEC by the government on very favorable terms. “And of course, the whole intention of that is to ensure that whatever the terms that we are entering with DOMLEC, it won’t trigger an increase in the cost of electricity to our consumers.”
He said the unit will be shipped to Dominica on December 2, 2023 “and once they get in by very early next year, we will be in a position to have them connected to the grid. I believe that will address the generation capacity.”
Furthermore, Skerrit said his government will provide DOMLEC with all the support it requires.
Meanwhile, he advises DOMLEC to engage the public more when sharing information as far as load shedding is concerned.
“My only admonition to DOMLEC is that I believe DOMLEC has a duty, an obligation, and responsibility to speak more to the Dominican public,” he remarked. “It should not take me to tell the public that the generators arrived on November 10. That is DOMLEC’s responsibility and I think they need to engage the public and share information…people need to know what is happening so that they can organize themselves much better.”
He added, “Even the way we communicate, the communities that are to receive load shedding DOMLEC has to review this. And these WhatsApp messages that people do not read sometimes we have to find ways of communicating with the people.”
He said Dominicans are reasonable people and if they are engaged in discussion they will understand what is being done.
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Clearly he is the CEO of Domlec nowadays. Everything that guy gets involved in. The thing is, he is utterly incompetent.
Hello and good morning my people. We don’t need this type of generators which is going to need diesel to run. We have so many Rivers in Dominica where fresh untouched water just pouring into the sea. Why can’t we have the Chinese company build two dams with six turbines each on two Rivers one in the south and one in the north that would solve all our electrical needs. That would solve our electrical need and give us a controlled source of dependable clean drinking water which could be provided directly to our citizens home and businesses. Every time I come home and l have to watch the river by the airport just emptying into the sea . In my village for all of my years a little rain and we can’t go to town because the bridge over the Sari Sari river is too low . I am fed up with those stupid people in our country. Why should I invest my 401k money in Dominica when I cannot see any tangible improvement for our people.
This guy is such a joke,Lennox caught him with his pants down.When he exposed all the monies he have hidden,come clean dude free up the poor people.You will answer to the Almighty.
“Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced that his government will lease a 5.2-megawatt generator DOMLEC:” Now the tune has changed to “DOMLEC has entered into a rental agreement with Aggreko, a US-based generator rental firm to lease two units generating 3 megawatts of electricity,” he said. “The 3 megawatts units arrived on island on Friday, November 10,”
Now if anyone has the ability to understand Roosevelt tangled wed of lies and deceit I might be the one to do so, considering I know the difference in a 5.2 MW generator, and a three (3) MW generator.
How can people; how can a nation tolerate that bit of useless scum of the earth, who cannot remember his lies as he told them!
The requirement from the onset was 5.2 MW: however; the generating capacity now required becomes 3 MW.
Thieves, liars, and corrupted people seems to remain alive the longest; I now realize that is so that they can live in misery and suffer; Roosevelt is a suffering man in misery!
Dominicans rather listen to Roosevelt lies, and suffer, while this SOB rips off the country, claims he misplaced billions of dollars that should be in the treasury!
Most of us remember reading this on DNO: “Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced that his government will lease a 5.2-megawatt generator to the island’s sole electricity company, Dominica Electricity Services (DOMLEC) to assist with the ongoing issue of load-shedding, due to a shortfall in generation capacity. He made the announcement while addressing members of the press at a briefing on Tuesday.”
The article is still on DNO, under that very caption I asks if Roosevelt is in the business of manufacturing power generators?
Now this: “An additional two units leased to the Dominica Electricity Services Limited (DOMLEC) which arrived in Dominica on November 10, are expected to boost DOMLEC’s generation and provide relief from load shedding currently being experienced.”
Liar; or good thief; which one are we?
honestly skerrit should go and make his music….and stop talking….play moo moo….so he never knew them generators old….and was time to upgrade….but by d time geothermal ready…Dominican will not afford…..these men and women in office with scarter brains….we are making one step front and six steps backwards….
“My only admonition to DOMLEC is that I believe DOMLEC has a duty, an obligation, and responsibility to speak more to the Dominican public,” he remarked. “It should not take me to tell the public that the generators arrived on November 10.”
All while hugging the spotlight. Note how he inserted himself in the mix and caused the same problem from inception..Narcicistic much! smfh! Behind closed doors DOMLEC maybe so bamboozled and bewildered.
You mean to tell me after all the years of running a Power Company, DOMLEC has no contacts to source their own generators? gTFoH!
Nothing but nonsense this person has to contribute. Utterly useless. Today all nations try and shed carbon emissions but he is only too happy to increase them. So much for all this hype about ‘first climate resilient’ country. This man stands for nothing but propaganda and corruption.
After you put the laws in place to restrict Domlec from ordering new Generators , you’ve played victim now you playing saviour. Skerrit when you see your end come it will not be a nice end and Dominicans will bawl alas but all your wickedness you’ve sown shall be your crop you reap.
Making Dominica a climate resilient nation is a perfect goal to aim for in this age of weather uncertainty. To me, our first priority should be making Dominica energy independent. We have for many years seen geothermal energy pursued with much money spent but so far nothing to show for it. Wind and solar are already tried and tested ways of generating power and being in the tropics we are perfectly positioned for solar. The driest place on the island is the rain shadow area of the mid west coast where the south west facing dish of Morn Ratchet is neither forested, farmed or populated. Wouldn’t this be the perfect place to establish a solar generating station?
Re wind, one of the windiest locations I have come across is the mountain pass on the road between Portsmouth and Penville, where on either side of the highest point are upward slopes which in my opinion would be a perfect place to sight a few wind generators.
I hope DOMLEC is farsighted enough to consider these proposals,
Hahahahahaha, twenty plus years of Labour party underdevelopment of DOMLEC, lack of investment in DOMLEC, lack of modernization of DOMLEC, then the AM PM who created the problems rents two generators from the US and wants to be seen as the saviour! AM PM Skerrit you have jokes eh one thing!
And who sold Domlec to a foreign company? Answer: UWP. And who guaranteed the foreign owned Domlec positive returns on its investment? Answer: UWP. SO if what Skeritt is saying is true about new generators coming online soon, I truly understand why the blue supporters sound so angry and bitter with their comments as they only want to see Dominicans suffer. And why didn’t the foreign companies who owned Domlec expand on the Hydro as Eugenia did when government took control of Domlec, they were only concerned about profit.