By Gemma Q. CasasVariety News Staff 103107
THE Commonwealth Utilities Corp. yesterday canceled its emergency load shedding schedule after its mechanics successfully fixed the troubled 7-megawatt engine, raising to four the number of working generators at Saipan’s main source of electricity.Pamela Mathis, CUC spokeswoman, said the troubled engine underwent a hydro-test and its leaks were also repaired.That engine’s leak problems with its cylinder caused its water and oil to mix.“So they have to reseal the cylinder,” Mathis said. “They also drained from the engine all of the contaminated oil that has a mixture of water in it.”After the engine was drained of all the liquids, the repair was made.Mathis said a group of in-house CUC power plant staff mechanics fixed the engine on a 12-hour rotating shift.“Four men and one foreman have been working since Friday on this engine on a 12-hour rotating basis,” she said. She said the other engines, which also experienced trouble from time to time, will undergo repair maintenance once the parts they have ordered arrived.In the meantime, CUC is reiterating its call on residents and commercial establishments to conserve as much energy as they can to help the agency keep up with the electricity demand of the island.Mathis said CUC noticed an upsurge on the use of electricity among residential customers after the Legislature’s override on a vetoed bill lowering residential electric rates.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
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