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Senate and CUC to meet over laws affecting utility
The Senate is requesting to meet with the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. today on laws affecting the public utility.
Last Thursday, Sen. Sixto Igisomar (R-Saipan) sent a letter to CUC board chair Adelina Roberto requesting CUC’s presence during a Senate committee on public utilities today.
This is scheduled at 2pm today in the Senate Chamber.
“The purpose of this meeting is for an update on Net Metering law and others, from CUC board and management,” Igisomar wrote.
He said the committee looks forward to meeting with CUC board member and management to address issues facing the Commonwealth.
In May, the consultants for the Commonwealth Public Utilities Commission called “another burden” to CUC the modified Public Law 18-75. Georgetown Consulting Group said the law adds more burden to customers not using the net metering program.
PL-18-75 and its subsequent modifications prioritize net energy metering capacity for health and education facilities. Through this law, the Legislature finds that “the only way to reduce utility costs is to utilize renewable energy sources to offset the electricity or other utility required for the operations of [the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. and Public School System].
“This is because the fixed capacity and delivery system infrastructure cost and non-fuel [operating and maintenance] cost avoided by [the hospital and public schools] does not somehow go away because of this change to the law,” the consulting group wrote. “Instead the costs avoided by CHCC and PSS will by necessity e collected by CUC from its other customers,” they said.
