When I was growing up in the Dominican Republic, the municipality where I lived didn’t have 24 hour electricity. We experienced blackouts that will last more than half the day. Imagine being in the middle of your favorite telenovela or cartoon and there is an outage. You will just hear the collective complains of the people. I did enjoy the peace and quiet that overcame my barrio (district) when there was a blackout. When the light returned everyone cheered and turned on their radios and televisions. The electricity problem in my country is still prevalent today, but mostly in poor areas, distribution networks cover 88% of the population. Populated areas like the capital Santo Domingo and Santiago have 24 hour electricity in commercial and tourist areas. One of the main reasons for the improvement of the electricity in the Dominican Republic is the use of Indra Technology to manage the electricity distribution system. My country has three electricity distribution companies, EDEESTE, EDESUR and EDENORTE. The contract between the government corporation CDEEE and Indra has implemented the Indra Smart Distribution (iSD) system which is a distribution network management system. This will allow the three power companies to start developing a more modernized system which will minimize the time required to connect new customers to the network and reduce supply distribution. It will also manage the notification of incidents and support the network operation process such as notifying the system of outages in specific locations to send a technician from the power company to investigate and fix problem. Indra will become the main supplier of technology services in the country’s electricity market.
http://www.indracompany.com/en/noticia/indra-technology-to-manage-the-dominican-republics-electricity-distribution-network
By: Julissa Arno
