Federal Emergency Management Agency officials do no anticipate a strain on the local fuel distribution system with the number of generators arriving on island to assist in power and water restoration.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d FEMA federal liaison officer Stephen DeBlasio said when asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith [Commonwealth Utilities Corp.] power plants down, all of the diesel fuel that they normally would be using everyday has allowed for there to be plenty of diesel fuel,\u201d DeBlasio said.<\/p>\n
Saipan Tribune has noted the arrival of 107 generators for relief efforts from Aug. 8 to Monday.<\/p>\n
Ten generators\u2014ranging from 11.5 to 25 kilowatt power\u2014were delivered on commercial carrier to Saipan on Aug. 8, the U.S. Department of Energy reports.<\/p>\n
A total of 71 generators also arrived on the USS Ashland\u2014ranging from 11.5 to 500 kilowatts\u2014on Saturday and have been moved to FEMA\u2019s staging area at the Saipan Army Reserve Center for configuration and then to priority locations for operation.<\/p>\n
Twenty-six generators\u2014ranging from 100 to 240kw\u2014arrived on Saipan from Hawaii on Monday, DOE reports.<\/p>\n
There have been reports of increased demand for fuel from businesses and fuel stations as the crippled local power grid has forced the use of generators for operations.<\/p>\n
DOE said Mobil reported on Monday that their \u201cdemand is significantly above normal levels.\u201d DOE did not specify further.<\/p>\n
DOE has also said that Shell gas stations have expressed interest in bringing in a fuel tanker to \u201cprovide more gasoline to customers\u201d due to high sales volume of gasoline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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