Commonwealth Utilities Corp. executive director Alan Fletcher welcomes Best Sunshine\u2019s International, Ltd.\u2019s 9-megawatt addition to the power grid, calling this the kind of commitment the struggling utility needs to help lower power costs.<\/p>\n
According to Fletcher, CUC has lost half of their sales in kilowatt-hours over the last 10 years, leaving a smaller lower base to pay to maintain the same system that accommodated a base twice the size.<\/p>\n
Best Sunshine\u2019s 14-story Grand Mariana Casino and Hotel Resort in Garapan project an anticipated demand of 9 megawatts. The hotel is planning back-up power generation but is expected to hook up with CUC for their main power demand.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that\u2019s wonderful,\u201d Fletcher said in a recent interview. \u201cThis is a commitment we need from all new development coming on the island\u2014because it\u2019s not just about their businesses\u2014it\u2019s about the whole community, and we all know if we have these extra loads, we can build up our kilowatt hour sales. It\u2019s going to lower the price for everybody on that base rate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cRemember, we lost half of our sales in kilowatt hours in the last 10 years. We used to be twice as much sales\u2014and it would be more efficient of a system\u2014but we still have all this system to maintain so we are spreading that pool of fixed costs out over a smaller kilowatt sales basis. So the more sales\u2014it\u2019s going to be help.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hopefully, Fletcher said, the CNMI is over that \u201crough spot,\u201d and \u201cwe are going to be expanding the economy moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
On top of Best Sunshine, new hotel development on island includes, among others, Honest Profit International\u2019s \u201cSaipan Resort Hotel\u201d in San Antonio and Saipan International Real Estate Development Corp.\u2019s \u201cOcean Vista Resort\u201d in Capital Hill. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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