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PUC allows GPA to buy testing power from Ukadu plant; approves up to $4.9M expenditure citing savings and reliability
Summary
The PUC approved an amendment to the Energy Conversion Agreement permitting GPA to purchase testing and commissioning power from the Ukadu (Ookadu) Power Plant and authorized expenditure up to $4,900,000, with the ALJ finding likely net savings of about $4.4M and a reduction in short-term load‑shedding risk.
The Guam Public Utilities Commission on May 20 approved Guam Power Authority’s request to amend the Energy Conversion Agreement (ECA) with Ukadu Power (GUP) to permit GPA to pay for additional testing and commissioning power, and authorized GPA to expend up to $4,900,000 for that purpose.
An Administrative Law Judge (Fred) presented an analysis concluding that purchasing Ukadu testing power during the commissioning period is justified on both reliability and cost grounds. The ALJ found that, based on GPA’s cost analysis, the incremental power purchased from Ukadu would cost about 15.96 cents per kilowatt-hour compared with an estimated 18.83 cents per kilowatt-hour for GPA’s existing system — a roughly 3-cent-per-kilowatt-hour…
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