The Niigata generators were due to arrive in May but because of weight capacity problems and other issues with the shipping company, the arrival has been delayed for at least five months.
The Harada Trading Corporation is the Japanese company shipping the new generators.
The auxiliary equipment however which are parts for the generators have been arriving since August and more are expected to arrive during the rest of this month.
The equipment also includes brand new transformers which are already at the Malakal Power plant.
The construction of the generators foundation also contributed to the delay, the PPUC said.
According to the contract with Harada Trading and PPUC, Harada Trading is responsible for the construction of the foundation and the installation of the new generators.
The new generators were purchased for $4 million and have only been running for about 1400 hours or 46 days.
This running time was necessary in order to ensure that the machines engines are performing adequately.
These Niigata Generators have a life expectancy of about 25 years.
The two new generators will increase the capacity to 12 megawatts more.
These generators will be for the Malakal Power Plant use which will mean less power outages in Koror.
The Malakal and Ameliik power plants combined has a total capacity of 12,790 megawatts.
The peak customer power usage reaches to 11,354 however the generators at both plants are aging with at least five engines down.
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