Commonwealth Utilities Corp. executive director Gary Camacho said autonomous agencies like the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. have been slowly settling their accounts, making their payables current.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe receive payments and we\u2019ve got a wonderful payment programs with [the Public School System] and other autonomous agencies and with the central government,\u201d said Camacho.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Governor\u2019s Office and the Secretary of Finance [Larrisa Larson] have been working with CUC in the last couple of months. They work the arrears down to a current, roughly to about $1.9 million, which brings down their accounts to current.\u201d<\/p>\n
PSS, the central office, and public schools spends at least $2 million a year and are slowly settling their dues with CUC.<\/p>\n
Camacho said they are also working with CHCC and the Commonwealth Ports Authority \u201cin addressing their arrears. There are some things that we\u2019re working out and it has to be a little creative because both parties\u2019 interests have to be addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut, by the same token, like any other customer, services have to be paid. I think we need to be fair across the board as we are with all residential and commercial customers. We have to be the same with the government.\u201d<\/p>\n
CHCC recently had a groundbreaking on a Photovoltaic System Parking Shade Structure at the Commonwealth Health Center parking lot, a project that chief executive officer Esther L. Mu\u00f1a said would lessen their electricity costs.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we all know the situation with CHCC and CUC, that there\u2019s obviously a lot of expenditures. We spend about $300,000 a month on power consumption. So any reduction basically is savings,\u201d said Mu\u00f1a.<\/p>\n
She added every penny saved by the hospital would be beneficial to all. \u201cIt definitely benefits the organization, CUC, and the patients overall. We\u2019re working with them to reconcile our accounts. There\u2019s some discussion on the actual amount owed. We\u2019re working with them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mu\u00f1a said they expect to save as much as $700,000 from their utility bills once the solar project at the hospital\u2019s grounds is completed by next year. The Department of the Interior-Office of Insular Affairs helped fund the project, a $560,000 grant that would be completed in April 6, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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