The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. was able to get a second engine at Power Plant 1 up and running yesterday, but both engines are producing far less than they were designed for. <\/p>\n
CUC employees were able to repair engine 8 and, together with engine 6, is producing approximately 8.5 megawatts total, said Gary Camacho, acting Power Division manager. <\/p>\n
Each engine is designed to produce 13 megawatts, and each was regularly producing five megawatts a few weeks ago when they were operational. <\/p>\n
\u201cThose units are not producing a sufficient amount that they normally produce,\u201d Camacho said. \u201cAnd currently, we\u2019re going to have to continue load shedding.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Friday, CUC released a revised load shedding schedule where each area experienced three-hour outages three times over a 24-hour period. <\/p>\n
CUC was unable to follow the schedule, which was devised for two engines running at Power Plant 1, over the weekend because only engine 6 was working. Some areas experienced outages for as much as eight hours at a time. <\/p>\n
Camacho said CUC tries to follow the schedule, but with the current high temperatures and the state of the engines, production output must sometimes be reduced. <\/p>\n
Employees were hoping to repair engine 3 and get it running by yesterday evening, which would add five megawatts of power, Camacho said. <\/p>\n
Upper Gualo Rai and Taro Sue, which make up feeder 3, also experienced additional outages yesterday when CUC workers repaired an electric pole that was damaged yesterday when a car slammed into it, Camacho said. Employees also installed an air break in the afternoon. The area was without power from about 1:30 pm to 4pm. <\/p>\n
With the two engines at Power Plant 1 and the nine engines at Power Plant 4 working, CUC is currently producing approximately 22 to 23 megawatts of power for the island. Approximately 41 megawatts are needed to sufficiently power the island.<\/p>\n
The second of four engine units arrived from Aggreko recently. The generators are expected to add 15 to 18 megawatts by Sept. 16 or 17. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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