GEBE technicians have been working around the clock monitoring the seaweed filters and cleaning them in order to maintain power generation levels, thereby avoiding any outages.
Seaweed in the Cay Bay area near the intake pipes out in the bay is presenting a problem, however due to the efforts of the staff, there have not been any problems therefore ensuring a reliable supply of electricity to consumers.
Predicting the amount of seaweed and the severity of the situation in the bay near the GEBE seawater intake pipes which is used to cool the majority of generators, is difficult to gauge, but GEBE Power Plant technicians do not expect any problems.
As Tropical Depression #17 which is located North of Puerto Rico, as it moves further out into the open Atlantic Ocean further away from Sint Maarten, sea conditions are expected to subside.