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We're currently here in Tinian , where

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the community has gone well over 30

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days without power . We have a very

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first of its kind . initiative between

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249th , the Commonwealth Utility

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Company , and our partners in the Navy

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with their contractor to generate a

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two-pronged power solution while CUC

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comes through with their power at a

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later point . It's been amazing to see

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our electrical engineers and USA come

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together , probe the island for

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opportunities , and stitch together a

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safe and dependable strategy to provide

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reliable power . The community we're

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talking up to 2.6 megawatts at the full

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demand and we'll be moving towards that

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direction over the coming days and

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weeks and we're standing at the Kenyan

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power plant that was heavily impacted

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by the recent Super Typhoon Sumaku and

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as they're trying to recover and find a

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way forward for permanent power , our

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mission here is to try to restore power

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as quickly and safely , with safety

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being the number one thing as possible .

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We came out here and we did initial

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assessments , uh , myself that began

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between the 5th and 6th of May uh after

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I landed on the island . We initially

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looked at outside resources , but we've

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landed on two immediate options that

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we're in the process of implementing

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and that is the 249th arrived and then

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we found a unique situation up the way

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it's the . A facility that's operated

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by the navy and they have some power

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generators up there that we have found

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a great solution for interconnecting

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them into the island and so we have two

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power plants that we can use to help

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bring power to the people of Kenyan .

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We are here to provide power back to

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Tinian . We've been working diligently

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and safely , and we're grateful for the

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community's efforts and our support as

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well , and we can see what it means to

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them . We're trying to get to them at

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least 2.5 megawatts of power to get

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them back to their normal life so they

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can help with the recovery . So this

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mission brings a lot of great joy

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walking around the community , getting

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hugs and high fives from the community

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because they know what we're out here

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to do . They're very thankful . So it's

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good to see our work , what it means to

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the people , because it's really

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beneficial to us to be able to bring

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back a sense of normalcy to the island

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when you tour the island , the people

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here . Continually say how thankful

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they are . The people on the island

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that are working on this mission have

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worked overtime and they let us know

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this is for our people , this is for

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our neighbors , this is for our family .

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So while our first focus is on safety ,

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everyone is putting all effort forward

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to try to get power back to these

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people and to give them a sense of

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normalcy and to help their life become

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more stable .