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Riegel: CUC ahead of schedule in restoring power to Garapan
The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. is ahead of schedule in re-energizing the Garapan tourist district, restoring power to the area around the T Galleria, according to acting CUC executive director John Riegel.
After a status conference for federal court-stipulated orders, Riegel said he would be meeting with CUC power manager Gary Camacho to go over plans to re-energizing the island.
People want a timeframe for power restoration, Riegel acknowledged, but CUC has not given an exact date for power restoration as their efforts rely on shipment of materials and other logistics.
Some 1,200 poles—200 of them concrete power poles—are planned for the islandwide power restoration efforts.
After Typhoon Soudelor hit over three weeks ago, CUC’s priorities were to restore power to the hospital, then airport, and then the Garapan tourist district.
According to Riegel, he planned to discuss with Camacho yesterday what plans come after these priorities.
Since Saturday and throughout the week, CUC and the Guam Power Authority have been installing the 90 concrete poles that arrived over the weekend.
Riegel earlier said about half of the poles were installed on Tuesday.
He confirmed yesterday the shipment of another 110 concrete poles, though he did not yet know when they would arrive.
