Sint Maarten’s hopes to secure mobile generation units from its sister islands to alleviate its electricity woes appears to no longer be a reality, with the government now looking for an alternative way to source these units.
Deputy Prime Minister Veronica Jansen-Webster stated this as she delivered a national address on NV GEBE’s energy crisis after it was recently revealed that the country’s sole electricity provider, NV GEBE, is currently unable to generate the power required to supply everyone.
The Dutch Caribbean Island has been grappling with load shedding with matters being made worse on Sunday, June 2 after GEBE was affected by a fire which rendered two more engines inoperable and resulted in an island wide blackout.