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Gov. Ralph DLG. Torres underscored yesterday the importance of the commitment shown by the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. linemen and crew not only during Typhoon Soudelor but, more recently, when Typhoon Mangkhut wrought havoc on Rota.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe saw on Soudelor and definitely we saw it on Typhoon Mangkhut. I want to give all the linemen a round of applause,\u201d said Torres at the proclamation signing declaring Oct. 7 to 13 as CNMI Public Power Week.<\/p>\n
Torres said when he went to Rota during Typhoon Mangkhut\u2019s recovery efforts, he saw CUC linemen and crew already starting work at 7 or 8 in the morning, all the way to midnight.<\/p>\n
\u201cReally, it\u2019s priceless,\u201d the governor said after he signed the proclamation in the governor\u2019s office\u2019s conference room packed with CUC officials and employees.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you see our linemen up there, they are not just risking their lives, they are restoring somebody else\u2019s light back to normalcy so they have comfort in their home,\u201d he said. \u201cCUC, you guys are No. 1 out there not because you restore light again, but you restore hope and you cannot put a price on that.\u201d<\/p>\n
CNMI Public Power Week is intended to honor CUC for \u201cits contributions to the community and to make its consumer-owners, business partners, policy makers, and employees more aware of its overall contributions to their wellbeing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Torres said the community celebrates with more than 2,200 other public power utilities in the U.S., through local, community-ownership, and private-public partnerships, to ensure the lowest cost to all utility customers.<\/p>\n
CUC executive director Gary P. Camacho said they celebrate this time of the year annually for all the hard work of CUC personnel. This includes the support staff\u2014the meter readers, the line crew, power plant people, inspectors, engineer\u2014everybody who puts it all together for consumers in a safe and affordable manner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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