DR: Spreading the joy

El Caribe is reporting that the Superintendent of Electricity wants to spread out the blackouts that are affecting the entire country, so that they are more “equalized.” As reported, the plan is to “distribute” two-hour blackouts to all of the circuits on the national grid and avoid the 10-hour+ daily blackouts that have become so common. The crisis that is affecting the power generation sector, however, intensified yesterday when 11 of the generators were out of service “under administrative orders,” which is management-speak for lack of funds. The generation deficit reached 40% of the national demand.