Commonwealth Utilities Corp. executive director Gary Camacho assures that CUC has enough juice to accommodate the increasing power consumption and the volume of wastewater that Imperial Pacific Resort could bring.<\/p>\n
Camacho said CUC has reviewed and did studies in anticipation of the power and water needs and wastewater volume. \u201cWe can accommodate everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said that their power plants have enough capacity to supply the island even with Imperial Pacific Resort expected to boost its power needs.<\/p>\n
The casino has been in operation for one year now, with its power supply needs increasing from 1.2 megawatts in the first few months to 1.3MW and 1.4MW to as a high of 1.9MW early this year. It has a base load of 1.6MW.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt [power consumption] is starting to increase. We anticipate it to [further increase] as the construction continues,\u201d said Camacho.<\/p>\n
CUC expects the power supply needs of Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC to further increase. \u201cWe haven\u2019t seen an increase yet but we imagine that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, we still have enough supply. They [IPI] have not yet asked for additional power, but we anticipate it to be soon. It is still under construction and they don\u2019t have any interior yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also does not see any problem with the water, sewer, and wastewater needs of the multimillion-dollar facility, which has yet to finish the construction of the over 200 rooms.<\/p>\n
Camacho said IPI\u2019s water and power are already connected to CUC but won\u2019t be 100 percent with the former since part of their water supply will come from their own desalination facility. \u201cAs far as their water needs, they [IPI] do have a desalination [facility]\u2026In sewer, we\u2019re still working it out with their contractor. We\u2019re still going towork on their connections in their lift station. In [terms of] wastewater, they are directly connected to the Sadog Tasi treatment facility.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that IPI has also funded the construction of its own lift station across the street, in front of the Garapan Elementary School. \u201cThat\u2019s part of their investment, an IPI project that [CUC] required them to do. We still inspected it and reviewed the construction.\u201d<\/p>\n
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