Scheduled power interruptions

The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. would like to inform the public that there will be scheduled power interruptions on the following dates, times and locations:

Tuesday, March 12, 2019 – 8am to 4pm
• Outage type: Sectionalized Feeder outage on the Kiya 1 distribution circuit
• Village location: Isa Drive, Lower Papago
• Power service area(s) affected: Lao Lao Bay and Lower Papago
• Water service area(s) affected: None
• Wastewater service area(s) affected: None
• Work to be performed: Replace nine wooden poles with concrete ones

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 – 8am to 4pm
• Outage type: Sectionalized Feeder outage on the Feeder 4 distribution circuit
• Village location: Isa Drive, Lower Papago
• Power service area(s) affected: Lower Papago
• Water service area(s) affected: None
• Wastewater service area(s) affected: None
• Work to be performed: Replace nine wooden poles with concrete ones

Thursday, March 14, 2019 – 6:30am to 11:30am
• Outage type: Sectionalized Feeder outage on the Feeder 2 distribution circuit
• Village location: Oleai
• Power service area(s) affected: Oleai
• Water service area(s) affected: None
• Wastewater service area(s) affected: S-12
• Work to be performed: Reset four concrete poles to proper depth

Thursday, March 14, 2019 – 8am to 4pm
• Outage type: Sectionalized Feeder outage on the Kiya 1distribution circuit
• Village location: Dandan
• Power service area(s) affected: Saipan International Airport and As Perdido
• Water service affected: None
• Wastewater service area(s) affected: None
• Work to be performed: Replace 11 wooden poles with concrete ones (PR)

Thursday, March 14, 2019 – 4pm to 6pm
• Outage type: Sectionalized Feeder outage on the Kiya 4 distribution circuit
• Village location: San Jose, Oleai, Susupe, Chalan Kanoa, Chalan Piao and San Antonio
• Power service area(s) affected: San Jose, Oleai, Susupe, Chalan Kanoa, Chalan Piao and San Antonio
• Water service area(s) affected: None
• Wastewater service area(s) affected: W-5, A-4, A-5 and A-6
• Work to be performed: Maintenance

The purpose of the scheduled power interruptions is to de-energize utility lines and allow power line workers from CUC and the contracting company Primary Source Electric (PSE) to safely replace twenty-nine (29) wooden poles with concrete poles and conduct maintenance of the power distribution system around the island of Saipan. The scheduled power interruptions are part of CUC’s obligation to perform federal funded projects that are aimed at hardening and strengthening the power distribution systems which was affected by Typhoon Soudelor and Super Typhoon Yutu.

Because of the scale of work that will be performed, CUC asks travelers to take alternate routes or to exercise caution when driving through the working area.

For more information, contact the CUC Customer Call Center (664-4282) or monitor its Facebook page for the latest updates (https://www.facebook.com/CommonwealthUtilitiesCorporation/). (PR)