Guam Power Authority

Interim General Manager, Guam Power Authority ...

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ATSDR - PHA - Agana Power Plant, Mongmong, Guam
Built in 1949, the Agana Power Plant (APP) was owned and formerly operated by the U.S. Navy.The APP provided electricity not only to the Navy—particularly Naval Air Station (NAS)Agana—but also to the government of Guam and customers throughout the central and northernparts of the island.The 1995 closure of NAS Agana eliminated the Navy's need for the powerplant. Consequently, the Navy Public Works Center and Guam Utilities Department, whichformerly operated the plant, discontinued generating power. After the Navy discontinued itspower generating activities, the Guam Power Authority (GPA) began using the power plant as asubstation, and the plant continues to operate as such. Today, APP receives power from one ormore power plants on the island and redistributes it to area residents, businesses, andmunicipalities.The Navy, however, still owns APP. ... [Read More]

ATSDR - PHA - Agana Power Plant, Mongmong, Guam
Response: ATSDR agrees that additional tilapia samples would have been preferred. However, ATSDR based its overall conclusions on a variety of information. When combined with other sampling data for fish, sediment and soil, ATSDR believes that PCB levels are below levels of health concern for non-subsistence fishing. In addition, the number of fish available in the Agana Swamp and River, including tilapia, appears to be lower than needed to support a subsistence fishing population. Also, ATSDR has not identified a population of subsistence fish eaters who exclusively consume tilapia. Therefore, for subsistence fish-eating individuals and families, exposure should be below the levels found in the tilapia sample. The Navy sampling plan was designed to find if PCB from Agana Power Plant had reached Agana Swamp and River. It is uncertain if the PCBs found in the sample of tilapia are from Agana Power Plant, or another location such as PCB-contaminated soil near Agana Springs, unregulate ... [Read More]

OIA: Chapter 4
The Guam Power Authority (GPA), an autonomous agency of the Government of Guam, has the responsibility to provide electricity throughout the island. Total power consumption in 1991 was 862.4 million kilowatt hours (KWH) The average KWH per customer increased from 11,127 in 1990 to 12,064 in 1991, an increase of 8 percent. Average annual residential power cost per customer in 1991 was $1070.40. ...

Government of Guam autonomous agencies, including the Guam Airport Authority and the Guam Power Authority, also have issued bonds for capital work in the past several years. Total bond indebtedness of Government of Guam line and autonomous agencies is estimated at about $850 million. ... [Read More]

Guam War Claims
Mr. Chairman, as you know, the Guam War Claims Review Commission has made several recommendations. We appreciate the fact that you have asked for our thoughts on these recommendations. We would suggest, however, that these recommendations be analyzed through a collaborative process that would involve many parties in addition to the Department of the Interior, including, of course, the Congress. Although the Department of the Interior has administered the Federal Government’s relationship with Guam for over 50 years, the events described in the Commission’s report occurred prior to Interior’s assumption of administrative authority with respect to Guam. Much of the important institutional knowledge about wartime and post-war Guam resides elsewhere in the Federal Government. Also, we would note that our focus at Interior, particularly the Office of Insular Affairs, is to use our scarce resources to help the islands address their urgent needs of the present and their aspirations for the fu ... [Read More]

US CODE--TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
Sec.  1423.  Legislature of Guam. Sec.  1423a.  Power of legislature; limitation on indebtedness of Guam; bond issues; guarantees for purchase by Federal Financing Bank of Guam Power Authority bonds or other obligations; interest rates; default. Sec.  1423b.  Selection and qualification of members; officers; rules and regulations; quorum. Sec.  1423c.  Privileges of members. Sec.  1423d.  Oath of office. Sec.  1423e.  Prohibition against acceptance of salary increases or newly created offices. Sec.  1423f.  Qualifications of members. Sec.  1423g.  Vacancies. Sec.  1423h.  Regular and special sessions. Sec.  1423i.  Approval of bills. Sec.  1423j.  Authorization of appropriations. Sec.  1423k.  Right of petition. Sec.  1423l.  Omitted. ... [Read More]

Electrical Problems Caused by the Brown Tree Snake
Brown tree snakes are commonly encountered climbing on man-made structures. Since they can lift three-fourths of their body using the remaining quarter for support, even small cracks and imperfections in surfaces are enough to give them leverage.  Power lines, wooden poles, and guy wires are no greater challenge for these snakes than a tree or exterior wall of a building.  Snakes often cause problems by climbing guy wires leading to power poles supporting transformers, distribution lines, and high-voltage transmission lines.  When the snakes simultaneously touch live and grounded conductors, they create faults, short circuits, and electrical damages.  This results in frequent losses of power to parts of Guam and even island-wide blackouts.  Such power failures, brownouts, and electrical surges, occurring on average approximately one every three days, damage electrical appliances and interrupt all activities dependent on electrical power, including commerce, ban ... [Read More]


On September 27, 2000, the Court denied the Plaintiffs'Petition on the basis that this Court lacked jurisdiction overthe matter. Lack of jurisdiction in this case means that theCourt has no legal authority to take any action, and any actionthat a district court takes when the Court has no authority meansthat the action taken is null and void. The Court did not refuseto take further action. Rather, the Court did not have theauthority to order remedial action, for it is fundamentalappellate law that the filing of a notice of appeal divests ortakes away a district court's authority over the case. See Scott v. Younger , 739 F.2d 1464, 1466 (9 th Cir. 1984)(citing Long v. Bureau of Economic Analysis , 646 F.2d 1310, 1318(9 th Cir), vacated on other grounds , 454 U.S.934, 102 S. Ct 468 (1981)). This divestiture of authority isautomatic, and the district court cannot reinstate the authoritynor can the district court ignore the divestiture. Therefore,when the Plaintiffs filed their Petit ... [Read More]

FEMA: Typhoon Recovery Continues; $73.6 Million Approved
$10 million in Public Assistance Grants, less advance funding and insurance coverage, has been approved. The grants reimburse the costs of emergency debris removal and protective measures and the cost to repair roads and bridges, water control facilities, buildings and equipment, utilities and parks. Public Assistance Applicants include Department of Public Works; Department of Education; Guam Power Authority; Guam Waterworks Authority; Guam Military Affairs; Guam Telephone Authority and many others including a small number of Private non-profits. As additional Project Worksheets (PWs) are approved, additional grant monies will be added. The deadline of 60 days to identify and report damage after the first substantive applicants' meeting with Public Assistance Staff has passed. New requests for a PW to cover previously unidentified damage will no longer be accepted. ... [Read More]

ATSDR - PHA - Agana Power Plant, Mongmong, Guam
US Navy. 1999. Draft data package points of interest 1 through 7 Agana power plant remedialinvestigation at the Agana Power Plant, Guam. Honolulu: Prepared for the Navy by Earth Tech, Inc. ...

US Navy. 1999f. Draft data package, off-site area Agana power plant abbreviated remedialinvestigation at the Agana power plant off-site area, Guam. Agana: Prepared for the Navy by EarthTech, Inc. ...

US Navy. 2000. Draft sampling and analysis plan addendum for subsurface soil and groundwaterinvestigation at the Agana Power Plant, Guam. Honolulu: Prepared for the Navy by Earth Tech, Inc. ... [Read More]