Prime Minister Skerrit criticizes Domlec for Dominica’s slow energy recovery after Hurricane Maria

Prime Minister Skerrit criticized Domlec for Dominica’s slow energy recovery after Hurricane Maria, and placed the company on notice during a national consultation today, saying energy and electricity are too critical to Dominica’s recovery efforts after Hurricane Maria, “for us not to be further than where we are today.”
 
DOMLEC has set April 2018 as the target date to have the entire island electrified, but Skerrit stated at the consultation, that he and members of his cabinet met with the chairman and deputy chairman of DOMLEC, and he told them based on information and his observations on the ground, that target will not be reached, if the company doesnot increase the resources on all fronts.
 
He said, “They have indicated to me that they recognize that because based on our projection, it will take them up to the third of November, based on the resources they have currently but they have assured me that they are increasing the buckets and the trucks and the linesmen”.
 
He added, “…. we are talking about the major shareholder being a serious international company, and I do not think major international companies rely almost exclusively on the benevolence of others in a private enterprise like this…”
 
He said he gave DOMLEC two weeks to get back to him “to indicate their seriousness or otherwise, of being in Dominica.” He concluded by saying, “As Prime Minister of this country, I will not sit by and allow for a protracted time frame for the reconnection of power to Dominica, that’s too critical”.