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Lights are ON with POWER GENERATOR in Palau Hotel

Palau Hotel (Koror, Palau) now has its own generator that will be used to supply power to the whole hotel building in case of blackouts.

Power outages in the island country of Palau are not a common thing, but when it does have blackouts on certain areas, it is a serious problem that needs to be remedied at once. Palau’s power is generated and distributed by Palau Public Utilities Corp. (PPUC) with power generators located in Malakal plant. But, just recently a couple of PPUC’s power engines broke down and problems in the power line from Aimeliik (a state in Palau) to Koror has caused power outages in some areas of Koror.

Since Monday of this week (April 6, 2009), a power rationing schedule is being followed thereby Ikelau Hamlet were Palau Hotel is located is scheduled to have power failure by 5:00pm to 9:00pm until PPUC could fix the problem, which according to them is within 2 weeks. Of course, hotels whether luxurious or economy like Palau Hotel and other businesses cannot let this particular problem hamper current operations. And though the power outage was scheduled at 5pm-9pm everyday (aside from power outages in the mornings, said to be emergencies), just 4 hours actually, you could only imagine what we all have to put up with.

But here’s good news; Palau Hotel (F&B Palau Hotel) recently purchased its own power generator. Not a big one that could fill in one room, but enough to provide temporary power for the whole building. The generator was purchased last Thursday, April 9, 2009 from a local hardware.

A funny thing actually, we have anticipated the power to go off as scheduled at 5:00pm that day, so we could try how the generator works, but to everyone’s surprise, it did not! We were thinking perhaps the problem with PPUC's underwater cables in KB bridge has been fixed or any problem causing the power outages for that matter, but then again, it was not!

The power came off again yesterday Friday, April 10, 2009 at around 4: pm (an hour early from the released power outage rationing schedule). It took a little while for the generator to supply power since they had to finish the installation and stuffs. After that it was lights on again. Regular power came back on at around 9:00pm.

Now, Palau Hotel guests can be assured that they won’t have to endure hours of blackouts when these times come. With the power generator, there is no need to fret using candles and hand fans during blackouts. But don’t get us wrong, we do hope PPUC can fix whatever power problems this beautiful island country has.

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posted by Selin @ 7:02 PM,

5 Comments:

At Saturday, April 11, 2009, Anon said...: Not all establishments in Palau have power generator, it's a great thing that a budget hotel like Palau Hotel strives to provide more to its guests.
At Sunday, April 12, 2009, Selin said...: No power outage yesterday (sun. 4/12), word got around, that PPUC has fixed the problem.
At Tuesday, April 14, 2009, Anonymous said...: The news said PPUC fired their GM.
At Friday, August 20, 2010, Dlomen said...: woooooooow
At Sunday, April 17, 2011, Vacation Remix said...: Enjoyed the read.