Members of both houses of OEK assured Palau Public Utilities Corporation (PPUC) of financial support to avoid major disruptions to power services at the PPUC’s congressional oversight hearing yesterday, in response to PPUC’s letter to national congress warning of possible cash depletion by April of this year if no additional subsidies are provided. OEK assured […]
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Bureau of Reclamation Water Treatment Engineers to Assist Palau Public Utilities Corporation
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, Doug Domenech is pleased to announce that a team of water treatment engineers from the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) will be in the Republic of Palau for two weeks beginning February 7, 2020, to assist the Palau Public Utilities […]
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Update on Recent Major Unscheduled Power Outages
PPUC would like to apologize for the major unscheduled power outage and frequent fluctuations from early morning Friday 31st January 2020 beginning at 4:30 am to 3:00 pm. At 4:30 am on that Friday morning, Power Distribution received a report of a major unscheduled island-wide outage. Crews traced the line to find a fruit bat […]
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Update on Recent Unscheduled Power Outage in Parts of Airai
PPUC would like to apologize to the public specifically residents of Ordomel, Airai for the recent power outage affecting their hamlet on Sunday 2nd February 2020 from 9:00 pm to 1:00 am. After receiving a report of “no power” to Ordomel, Airai, Power Distribution lineman crews were dispatched to Airai to assess the problem. They […]
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PPUC to go broke in 3 months
Palau Public Utilities Corporation (PPUC) is saying that it will deplete its emergency reserves by April 2020, 3 months from now if nothing is done to help it cover its operating costs. In a letter to Senate President Hokkons Baules this January 21st, PPUC Chairman and Acting CEO Greg Decherong reported that due to RPPL […]
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Update on the Sewer Overflow in front of Bank of Hawaii on January 6, 2020
On the evening of January 6, 2020 at around 6:00 pm, a sewer overflow was observed on the main road in front of Bank of Hawaii. PPUC Wastewater crews were notified and dispatched to the site immediately. They were able to clear the line by snaking it and discovered that grease and debris (gravel and […]