Why are we in this situation?
Some have said it is due to the fact that we paid far below what we should have been paying for all those years we were charged 11 cents/KWH.
I do believe that the rate was far to low to have full cost recovery, however I do not believe that is the reason we are in the dark now.
We are sitting in the dark because the generators are broken. They are inoperable. While some may argue that they are in that state due to the lack of proper rate setting in the past, I don't buy it.
Mismanagement and Corruption are the root of our problems.
How so?
In the last 24 months CUC has spent at a minimum $16 Million dollars in REPAIR and PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE either fully or partially federally funded. They have also transferred $4.7 Million from CDA, took $5 million from the Gen Fund, Took $5 Million from Ret Fund contributions and raised fees and this does not include any fully locally funded repair and maintenance contracts. And this is nothing new. CUC spends millions every year on Repair and Maintenance. Why then are the generators all broken down? If we have been paying these large sums of money to CISCO, DCM, MAN B&W, SNM, TANO GROUP, MITSUBISHI, WAUKESHA ELECTRICAL, PACIFIC DRILLING, HAWTHORNE PACIFIC and many others why are all but 2 of the generators run by CUC broken and out of commission?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Here is a listing of only the SOLE SOURCED FEDERALLY FUNDED contracts from 2008: Waukesha Electrical$180,159.18 for corrective maintenance;
Waukesha Electrical-$64,580.37 for Kiya Sub corrective maintenance;
Waukesha Electrical-$124,221.79 for repair of T-1 transformer at Chalan Kiya;
Pacific Drilling Ltd.-$117,745 for emergency repair and construction of Chalan Kiya 8-inch asbestos broken sewerline;
Mitsubishi Corp. -$475,908 for preventive maintenance;
Mitsubishi Corp.-$74,737.20 for power generation;
Mitsubishi Corp.-$74,737.20 for 12,000 running hours preventive maintenance;
Mitsubishi Corp.- $117,040 for preventive maintenance;
Man B&W Singapore-$455,904 for installation of new crankshaft;
Man B&W Singapore-$281,362 for preventive maintenance;
Man B&W Singapore-$831,959 for preventive maintenance service;
Man B&W-$582,963 for preventive maintenance service;
CISCO-$115,000 for assessment & repair of generator stater for power plant 1 generator;
SNM Corp. — no amount indicated, hired to overhaul three existing generators;
Hawthorne Pacific-$87,713.21 for top end overhaul of caterpillar generator;
Tano Group Inc. — no amount indicated;
Tano Group Inc.- $287,000 for removal of used oil in tank 104;
Tano Group Inc.-$65,500 for shipment of 1.5MW generator for Rota;
CBM Tech-$826,980 for supply of radiators;
Sai Traders-$404,900 for supply and installation of lube oil separator;
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If all this money was truly spent on Preventive Maintenance and Repair and all but 2 of our generators are broken then perhaps we didn’t get what we paid for. Did this money go to repairs? Did it go to preventive maintenance? Or were these sole sourced and manipulated bid contracts signed and executed merely to funnel monies into corrupt pockets?
It happened with Tim and Rydlyme (which for some reason doesn’t show up on any of the reports I have seen… not exactly full disclosure). It is not far fetched to reach the conclusion that some BIG TIME corruption is occurring at CUC. Either that or big time mismanagement (which I find hard to believe).
We are in this mess because these repairs and maintenance did not occur or if they did were not done right.
I hope the legislature does its job and conducts a full oversight of CUC and looks into all of their contracts. There is no reason we should be in the situation we are in. The money was there for repair and maintenance. The money has been spent year after year. Who’s pockets?
ENOUGH!
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And another thing:
Tony and Fitial have both stuck to the story that Aggreko generators are a dire need. That they are the bridge required in order to supply power to the people while the generators are being overhauled and repaired.
Who the hell are they fooling? The generators don't need to be shut off to be repaired. They are off! They are all down but 2 of them (aside from Power Plant 4 which isn't managed by CUC). And there have been downed generators for years. Why havent they been the focus of all these repairs? Why haven't they been overhauled?
They claim a bridge is needed to shut down and repair the generators. I got a bridge I would like to sell them.
Just who is getting the kick back from this BS Aggreko contract?
PP
REVOLT
16million can't by a 15megawatt generator.. with shipping/installation/maint.
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US Dollar per Megawatt Cost of Constructing a Power Plant
For almost a long time, US$ 1.0 Million was adopted as a good “rule of thumb” or the approximate US dollar per MW of investment in constructing a new power plant. However, due to the surging price of raw materials and inflation rate, the cost of building a plant also increased. In the Philippines, for example, building coal-fired plants have actually risen to a range of $1.6 million to $2.0 million per megawatt from what was previously estimated at $1.0 Million per MW.
http://www.jcmiras.net/surge/p83.htm
we need to go for nuclear energy.. large upfront cost, but we will be paving the road for the future...
wait till 21 saipan schools begin and that is about 12 MW pull and will earase any benifit agrecco may have helped
man, cisco, mitsibishi, and tano must be investigated and prosecuted
I'D QUESTION ANY COMPANY OFFERING A 15 MEGAWATT GENERATOR FOR 10-15 MILLION... I CAN ASSURE YOU THERE IS A CATCH SOMEWHERE.. OLD MACHINES? NO WARRANTY? DOESN'T INCLUDE INSTALLATION/SHIPPING... QUESTIONABLE IN SO MANY AREAS..
Thank you for this excellent post and for listing the sole-sourced federally funded contracts. I have been looking for this information.
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