The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. raised the fuel adjustment charge from $0.245 to $0.44489 per kilowatt-hour, from May 15, effectively doubling the cost of power for households in the Northern Mariana Islands. The increase was reportedly approved by the Commonwealth Public Utilities Commission.
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Guam to get submarine maintenance facility
BY MAUREEN N. MARATITA
Journal Staff
Guam can look forward to a maintenance facility for submarines at Polaris Point.
Alexander Desroches, executive director of the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility told the Journal that what is known as the Guam Detachment of the Hawaii shipyard and facility is moving full steam ahead.