Mechanical problem at power plant triggers rotating outages

Posted on May 02 2008

A mechanical problem at Power Plant 1 in Lower Base triggered another round of rotating outages on Saipan yesterday.

The load shedding began at 12:03pm when CUC was unable to generate sufficient electrical power to meet the island’s demand after a mechanical problem occurred on Engine No. 6.

CUC acting power division manager Gary Camacho said the problem affected the performance of the engine.

“To prevent further damage to the unit it was immediately shut down and the Power Plant I initiated load shedding at 12:03pm,” Camacho said.

Camacho said that, although Power Plant 1 operators made all efforts to include only areas identified in CUC’s contingent load shedding schedule that was previously released, it was not possible due to the amount of production loss and the extent of the repair.

“Therefore, additional power demand from other areas of the grid was required to be taken offline,” he said.

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