ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC):

The Dominica Electricity Services Company (DOMLEC) has promised customers an end to frequent outages and blackouts of their power supply.

Over the last two weeks thousands of customers have been faced with lengthy and unannounced outages from the island's sole electricity company.

Managing director of DOMLEC, Joel Huggins, said the outages were a result of a spate of breakdowns in the company's diesel generating plant, which has caused an inability to meet demands of customers. However, he told the media Thursday that DOMLEC had been working to address the problem and working towards complete restoration.