{"id":7128,"date":"2011-12-03T07:56:38","date_gmt":"2011-12-03T07:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newspaper.ctsi-logistics.com\/?p=7128"},"modified":"2011-12-03T07:56:38","modified_gmt":"2011-12-03T07:56:38","slug":"inos-now-oversees-renewable-energy-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/inos-now-oversees-renewable-energy-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Inos now oversees renewable energy matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Haidee V. Eugenio<br \/>\nReporter<\/div>\n<p>Gov. Benigno R. Fitial gave Lt. Gov. Eloy S. Inos full authority to oversee and direct all activities related to the implementation of renewable-based energy production in the CNMI.<\/p>\n<p>Inos has been acting governor since Wednesday when Fitial left for Hong Kong on personal leave.<\/p>\n<p>Two days prior to his off-island trip, Fitial gave Inos additional duties besides being his lieutenant governor and having authority over government finances. Inos is a former Finance secretary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have special trust and confidence in Lieutenant Governor Eloy S. Inos to lead our efforts to make renewable-based energy production a reality,\u201d the governor said in a Nov. 28 designation of authority.<\/p>\n<p>Fitial, whose administration has been pushing for renewable energy production in the CNMI, said present utility rates are harming CNMI residents and crippling the islands&#8217; ability to attract new investments and new jobs.<\/p>\n<p>He added that diesel-based electrical power production is harmful to the environment, expensive, a challenge to maintain, and not sustainable for the long-term benefit of the CNMI.<\/p>\n<p>Fitial said technology exists to transform the Commonwealth to renewable-based energy production, and the Office of the Governor is appropriate to lead efforts to bring renewable-based energy production to the CNMI.<\/p>\n<p>The governor also said production of at least 20 percent of CNMI energy needs to occur within a two-year period.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, the governor directed all members of his administration to assist Inos as he assumes additional duties related to renewable energy production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Haidee V. Eugenio Reporter Gov. Benigno R. Fitial gave Lt. Gov. Eloy S. Inos&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}