Major grid failure triggers nationwide blackout in Dominican Republic - Reuters

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The Dominican Republic was briefly hit by a country-wide blackout Monday in the second such outage in the past three months, triggering concerns about the stability of the Caribbean nation’s power grid. Monday’s blackout snarled traffic, disrupted public ... , and forced some businesses to close ... . The country’s main power plants abruptly stopped supplying ... . "Essential services such as hospitals, ... , and airports are operating with their ... ," he said. Santos said that the failure was caused ... . A massive blackout that hit the Dominican ... .

The Dominican Republic was briefly hit by ... . Monday's blackout snarled traffic, ... , and forced some businesses to close ... . The country's main power plants abruptly stopped ... . "Essential services such as hospitals, ... , and airports are operating with their ... ," he said. Santos said that the failure was caused ... . A massive blackout that hit the Dominican ... .

The Dominican Republic was hit by a nationwide blackout on Monday following a 'major failure' in its national power grid, authorities said, the second outage in three months. The outage halted traffic, disrupted public transport services, and forced some businesses to shut as repair crews worked to bring electricity back online. The failure in the power grid occurred at approximately 10:50 a.m., the country's Minister of Energy and Mines, Joel Santos, said at a press conference. Santos said the power outage was caused by a failure on a transmission line switch that tripped and pushed the system into protection mode. By mid-afternoon, the grid was back to nearly 30% of normal capacity, according to Santos. Santos said hospitals, water services, mass transit, and airports were running on backup power. Power outages are common in the Caribbean nation, which last experienced a nationwide blackout in November.

A nationwide blackout struck the Dominican Republic on Monday, marking the second such outage in three months. The disruption began when the country’s main power plants unexpectedly halted energy supply before noon, prompting a cascading failure across other plants. By mid-afternoon, the power grid was partially restored to nearly 30% of its capacity. Energy Minister Joel Santos attributed the power failure to a tripped transmission line switch that activated the system’s protection mode. Despite the outage, essential services such as hospitals, water systems, airports, and mass transit continued operating on backup systems.

The Dominican Republic was hit by a nationwide blackout on Monday following a 'major failure' in its national power grid, authorities said, the second outage in three months. The outage halted traffic, disrupted public transport services, and forced some businesses to shut as repair crews worked to bring electricity back online. The failure in the power grid occurred at approximately 10:50 a.m., the country's Minister of Energy and Mines, Joel Santos, said at a press conference. Santos said the power outage was caused by a failure on a transmission line switch that tripped and pushed the system into protection mode. By mid-afternoon, the grid was back to nearly 30% of normal capacity, according to Santos. Santos said hospitals, water services, mass transit, and airports were running on backup power. Power outages are common in the Caribbean nation, which last experienced a nationwide blackout in November.