The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. is trying to reactivate Power Plant 3 in Isley Field on Saipan, for use during emergencies or disasters. <\/p>\n
CUC executive director Gary P. Camacho said yesterday that they want to establish an independent power system.<\/p>\n
Camacho said a small engine will be used at Power Plant 3 just for water wells.<\/p>\n
The funding, he said, will be coming from the $7.3-million federal grant for the water hazard mitigation.<\/p>\n
Power Plant 3 was deactivated in 2002.<\/p>\n
Now that a lot of water wells in the area have been rehabilitated, Camacho said that CUC has determined that Power Plant 3 is important based on the lessons they learned from super typhoons Soudelor and Yutu.<\/p>\n
In the event of future disasters, Camacho said CUC wants to be able to turn to Power Plant 3, which will then self-generate a power supply and get the water distribution system moving forward.<\/p>\n
He said they will be able to distribute water to approximately 75 percent of their consumers.<\/p>\n
Camacho said they are working closely with other agencies to get Power Plant 3 re-established by next year. <\/p>\n
Camacho said their target is to complete replacing conductors and wires, and a few other works for power poles, by the end of May. <\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, we are looking to consider the additional work required on power poles that have been identified as damaged or [need] to be replaced,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Camacho said they are going to order about 1,200 to 1,500 more concrete power poles.<\/p>\n
Saipan has over 12,000 power poles. <\/p>\n
Camacho said the scheduled outages have been challenging, but they are required for the safety of line crews on Saipan and Tinian.<\/p>\n
He said they still have a lot of crew working on the water mitigation project. \u201cA lot of that work has been done in the Obyan area and the Isley area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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