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Trinidad And Tobago Blackout

I am not sure if this ever happened in Trinidad before but last night around 12:30 am, electricity was down in the WHOLE country. Right now, the power supply has been restored in most of the country. How did it affect you?

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I wasn't surprised there was a major blackout last night, because Trinidad and Tobago always have issues with utility. I didn't know exactly what caused this major blackout, so I cannot tell you what exactly what happened. It didn't really affected me when the blackout occurred at 12:30 AM, but it was harder for me to sleep in that situation though.

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The sad part about this is not that there was a blackout but already there were those who thought they should start looting (Barataria). Fortunately the police / army stopped that from happening but it makes you wonder how Trinis will react if there were a major catastrophic event.

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The government is currently allocating a second fuel source so that there is not a dependence on only one fuel source: natural gas from Point Lisas. Apparently there is already a company contracted with producing 700 MMW of power to certain stations.

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Thanks for informing us JB. I still in shock that the whole country (including Tobago) was without electricity, what I find the most interesting is the timing (holidays!).

Trinidad And Tobago Blackout

That's the point, when these types of events happen in Trinidad, it often occur in a very bad time, and I am very sure that some Trinis don't notice that.