This case is part of a broader scheme by Claimant TCW Group, Inc. (“TCW”) through its pursuit of multiple arbitrations against the Republic to reap a massive and undeserved windfall from an acquisition of shares for which it paid only U.S. $2 in 2004. In this arbitration, Claimants allege “catastrophic losses” to their subsidiary company Empresa Distribuidora De Electricidad Del Este, S.A. (“EDE Este”) purportedly caused by measures taken by the Dominican Republic. It is but one of several cases brought by Claimant TCW or at its behest by one of its affiliates in which the same claims are made.