The decrease, PPUC said was in response to the various factors, “driving the electrical rates and which factors include the price of fuel and engine conditions.
For the residential area consuming 0 to 500 KW the current rate is 22.6 cents and will be down to 21.6 cents.For costumers consuming 501 to 2,000 KW, the rate will be 29.6 cents to 30.6 cents, and residential areas consuming more than 2,000 the rate will be 34.1 cents from 35.1 cents.The rate for the commercial and government will also be 34.1 cents from 35.1 cents. Power supply in Palau returned to normal Saturday after the Palau Public Utilities Corporation completed repair of one of the engines at the Aimeliik power plant.Kione Isechal, PPUC Chairman of the Board told reporters that the power rationing will no longer be implemented this week, but that unexpected but brief power outages will be experienced in the coming days.The power hours were implemented after an engine at the Aimeliik power plant broke down. The breakdown affected the entire island for a week since the capacity of the load cannot meet the demand.PPUC said because of the engine break down cannot carry the entire power load for Koror State and Babeldaob area.
