The Dominican Republic experienced its second complete power failure in just three months on Monday, raising questions about the Caribbean nation's electrical infrastructure reliability. The outage disrupted transportation and forced business closures before crews began restoring service.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Power went out across the entire Dominican Republic on Monday, marking the Caribbean nation’s second complete electrical system failure in just three months and sparking worries about grid reliability.
The widespread outage created chaos on roadways, halted public transit services, and forced numerous businesses to shut their doors while utility workers rushed to bring the system back online.
According to the state-owned Dominican Electricity Transmission Company, the nation’s primary power facilities suddenly ceased operations before midday, which triggered automatic shutdowns at all remaining plants. However, Energy Minister Joel Santos reported that by mid-afternoon, approximately 30% of normal capacity had been restored.
“Essential services such as hospitals, drinking water systems, mass transit and airports are operating with their backup systems,” he said.
Santos explained that the widespread failure resulted from a malfunction in a transmission line switch, which activated the system’s protective shutdown protocols.
The previous nationwide outage that struck the Dominican Republic in November was attributed to worker error during routine maintenance on transmission lines.
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