The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. is looking to get down to the \u201croot causes\u201d of blackouts that have frequented its \u201cFeeder 4\u201d area of the island recently, according to CUC acting executive director Gary Camacho.<\/p>\n
Some have complained that the blackouts at nights and unreliability of power over the last weeks were comparable to post-Typhoon Soudelor.<\/p>\n
\u201cFeeder 4 is fine. There are some issues,\u201d Camacho said. \u201cWe\u2019ve done some more work over the mid last week to make a determination as to the root cause.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve identified the location, which was originally thought to be in the Kagman area\u2014well it turns out it\u2019s a little further down, it\u2019s in the As Mahetog area toward the power plant [in Lower Base].\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo there is going to be some work done tomorrow morning and you\u2019ll see the press release,\u201d Camacho told reporters before the start of a Federal Emergency Management workshop yesterday.<\/p>\n
According to CUC maps, Feeder 4 encompasses the villages of Kagman, Capitol Hill, As Mahetog, Sadog Tasi, As Teo, Kagman, Talafofo, among others.<\/p>\n
At the same time, Camacho was asked to comment on his firing of former chief financial officer Matthew Yaquinto, who was fired without cause late last month.<\/p>\n
Camacho reiterated that pursuant to Yaquinto\u2019s contract \u201cthere is a clause that his services\u201d can be \u201cterminated without cause.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pressed on the issue of whether Yaquinto could be fired by the acting CUC executive director and not the CUC board, Camacho said the process was \u201cmoving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTherefore at this particular juncture there is no comment at this time on the matter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Camacho, when asked, also said he was not fully aware of House lawmakers meeting on their concerns over the firing of Yaquinto, whose former CFO position was a federal court-stipulated order position.<\/p>\n
He was also asked if Yaquinto has formally contested his firing, but Camacho said there was \u201cno comment at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gov. Ralph DLG Torres wants to understand why Yaquinto was fired and said yesterday he would be meeting with CUC next week.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to find out what\u2019s the rationale for firing. I understand that there is no-fault firing and that\u2019s what the clause is. So I want to know what\u2019s transpired and where do we go from here,\u201d said Torres.<\/p>\n
Torres said he is in support of the CUC board but wants to know \u201cwhat is our goal?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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