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Legislature building still without power; House speaker seeks meeting with Inos
The Legislature building on Capital Hill has yet to have power, forcing lawmakers to hold their meetings and sessions in different locations.
The House of Representatives on Tuesday held a session at the Superior Court in Susupe, while the Senate held its latest session at the conference room of the Commonwealth Utilities Corp.
According to House Speaker Joseph P. Deleon Guerrero, he has already requested the Federal Emergency Management Agency and then-acting governor Ralph DLG. Torres to have a generator installed at the building.
“I made a verbal request to the FEMA and to the acting governor. I believe all requests must be made by governor to the FEMA,” he said.
However, the request was apparently denied.
“I heard that the request was sent but it was denied. Currently I have not gotten any feedback or a form of confirmation,” Deleon Guerrero said.
As of Wednesday, power is still out at the Legislature building.
“I will be talking to the governor about this,” Deleon Guerrero said, although he did not mention a specific date to meet Gov. Eloy S. Inos.
Currently, the Executive Branch and Judiciary have power.
Power restoration
An update from FEMA said concrete poles are currently being installed around Saipan, in a joint mutual aid effort between the Guam Power Authority and the Commonwealth Utilities Corp.
The 90 concrete poles arrived on Saturday Aug. 22, and through today, most were installed throughout the island, including along the feeder to the airport. An additional 110 concrete poles are scheduled to be delivered within the next few days, which will continue to support the overall power authority restoration capabilities, FEMA said. FEMA also mission assigned power experts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 249th Prime Power Battalion Delta team to assist the CNMI in installing the hardwire and electrical wiring on the utility poles.
Neither FEMA nor CUC have given information as to when power will be fully restored.
