Hotels and other business facilities have their own power generation system due to CUC’s unstable power supply.
Muna said he is planning to meet the management of these establishments to come up with a “win-win” solution to the problem.
The owners of on-site power generation systems and CUC should agree on a compromise distribution of power supply, and establish a hook-up schedule, Muna said.
“We have to understand their needs and CUC is looking for ways that it can accommodate them,” he said.
After the 15-megawatts produced by Aggreko’s temporary generation units were connected to CUC’s grid, the maximum power production of the agency reached 41 megawatts, a little over than the current 40 megawatts demand on Saipan.
The CNMI government is paying $6 million for the one-year use of Aggreko’s generators.
Division of Environmental Quality Director Frank M. Rabauliman has called the attention of CUC regarding a complaint of excessive noise and air emission from the Hyatt staff housing in Chinatown that has been using an on-site power generation system.
DEQ discovered that residents at the staff housing and residents from surrounding properties “are being exposed to noise levels that are in excess of certain accepted standard for residential areas.”
DEQ added that residents are also exposed to air emissions, “primarily for the reason that the operations of the Hyatt housing generators is not currently permitted.”
Rabauliman is asking CUC to look into the possibility of reconnecting the staff housing facility to the agency’s power grid to eliminate the exposure of residents and neighbors to potentially hazardous levels of noise and air emissions.
DEQ said similar problems may exist in other areas of Saipan.
According to Muna, CUC has the inventory of all establishments that have their own power generation systems.
