The lights should be turning on for more residents left in the dark in the wake of Typhoon Mawar.
As of midday Saturday, 46 percent of customers were back on island power.
The Guam Power Authority reports 12 of the 34,500 concrete power poles, 104 of the 700 wooden power poles, and 58 of the 8,301 distribution transformers were damaged by the storm.
The heaviest damage was recorded in Dededo and Yigo.


TODAY’S KEY OBJECTIVES INCLUDE:
• Continue to energize GWA wells in Yigo and Dededo well fields.
• Energize Umatac Substation.
• Energize Navy Radio Barrigada Substation.
• Energize Harmon Industrial Park.
• Energize parts of Talo’fo’fo, Tamuning, Dededo, Agana Heights, Yoña, Hågat, and
critical infrastructure in various areas.
• Continue work on urgent needs islandwide.

GENERATION CAPACITY
• Current operable capacity is 111MW which is adequate for today’s load of 92.7MW.
• Capacity available to serve customers energized.
• Work continues to dry out base load units (Piti 8 & 9 and Cabras 1 & 2), as they proceed toward being placed online within the next few days.