The Guam Governor’s Office received her notice this week.
Mendiola has served as GEDA’s CEO since 2019. The Journal reported previously that Mendiola helped promote GEDA's services to help with tourism recovery and small business development, including the Guam Recovery Loan Plan and the Destinu Guahan Venture Capital program.
The GEDA-GPA agreement is backed by American Rescue Plan Act funding, in which GPA is charged with designing and creating the new Fadian Substation to service Mangilao and the Governor’s planned Mangilao Medical Campus.
GPA’s combustion generators provide 94.3% of the island’s power and the development of the medical campus would require additional power infrastructure to meet its needs according to Adelup.
According to the subgrant agreement documents provided by the Office of the Governor, the new substation will need to be equipped with a 30 MVA power transformer, indoor 34.5 kV and 13.8 kV breakers, and other support infrastructure and equipment. The substation will also require the construction of two new transmission lines to connect the Fadian Substation to the island’s power grid and be routed at the intersection of Route 10 and Route 15.
“Mangilao is Guam’s fastest-growing village, and this project is a critical investment in its future,” Gov. Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero said in a March 4 statement.
The first mandated report from GPA to GEDA regarding the project’s progress is due May 15. mbj