{"id":5044,"date":"2012-10-16T09:17:38","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T16:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opalco.com\/?post_type=news_article&#038;p=5044"},"modified":"2015-12-15T18:27:18","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T18:27:18","slug":"opalco-aprobo-un-prestamo-de-rus-usda-para-financiar-un-plan-de-trabajo-de-construccion-de-cuatro-anos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opalco.com\/es\/opalco-aprobo-un-prestamo-de-rus-usda-para-financiar-un-plan-de-trabajo-de-construccion-de-cuatro-anos\/2012\/10\/","title":{"rendered":"OPALCO aprobado para pr\u00e9stamo RUS-USDA para financiar el plan de trabajo de construcci\u00f3n de cuatro a\u00f1os"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>En junio de 2012, como parte de su proceso regular de plan de trabajo de construcci\u00f3n, OPALCO present\u00f3 una solicitud de pr\u00e9stamo al Servicio de Servicios P\u00fablicos Rurales (RUS) del Departamento de Agricultura de EE. UU. por $38,4 millones para proyectos de mejora y mantenimiento del sistema propuestos para los pr\u00f3ximos cuatro a\u00f1os. Acabamos de recibir la noticia de que este pr\u00e9stamo ha sido aprobado. A medida que completemos cada proyecto programado durante los pr\u00f3ximos cuatro a\u00f1os, podremos solicitar un reembolso a RUS y no habr\u00e1 ninguna multa si no utilizamos todos los fondos asignados.<\/p>\n<p>En el total aprobado se incluyen $23,2 millones para telecomunicaciones y preparaci\u00f3n de redes inteligentes. Actualmente la Junta se encuentra estudiando la viabilidad de ampliar la red de fibra de OPALCO para brindar servicios de banda ancha al 90% del Condado; la capacidad de obtener fondos para pr\u00e9stamos fue una contingencia clave. La disponibilidad de este pr\u00e9stamo federal, junto con permitir la previsibilidad a trav\u00e9s de la Ordenanza inal\u00e1mbrica del condado y la viabilidad financiera del plan de negocios propuesto informar\u00e1 la decisi\u00f3n de la Junta sobre c\u00f3mo, o si, avanzar con la Iniciativa de Banda Ancha. Esas decisiones a\u00fan est\u00e1n por tomarse.<\/p>\n<p>La tecnolog\u00eda de redes inteligentes tiene varias aplicaciones distintas. Para OPALCO, la \u00fanica aplicaci\u00f3n prevista es la automatizaci\u00f3n continua del sistema de distribuci\u00f3n; El monitoreo o control del uso de electricidad o electrodom\u00e9sticos por parte de los miembros no es parte de los planes de OPALCO. El director general Randy Cornelius afirma: &quot;No hay nada en nuestro plan de trabajo de veinte a\u00f1os que pueda llevar la tecnolog\u00eda de redes inteligentes a los hogares de los miembros&quot;. La automatizaci\u00f3n del sistema de distribuci\u00f3n nos permite abrir y cerrar interruptores de forma remota para ahorrar tiempo, mano de obra y viajes en mantenimiento y gesti\u00f3n de interrupciones, y crear condiciones de trabajo m\u00e1s seguras para el personal de l\u00ednea. Nos permite monitorear y controlar los equipos del sistema (por ejemplo, subestaciones y cables submarinos) y la calidad de la energ\u00eda (por ejemplo, monitoreo remoto de lecturas de voltaje). Con esta tecnolog\u00eda, los ingenieros y el personal de l\u00ednea pueden identificar y resolver problemas potenciales antes de que ocurran fallas, lo que nos ayuda a construir y mantener un sistema de distribuci\u00f3n el\u00e9ctrica m\u00e1s seguro y confiable.<\/p>\n<p>OPALCO complet\u00f3 la instalaci\u00f3n de nuevos medidores digitales en diciembre de 2011, reemplazando medidores mec\u00e1nicos que ten\u00edan hasta 30 a\u00f1os. Con los nuevos medidores, OPALCO recibe lecturas de medidores a trav\u00e9s de una l\u00ednea el\u00e9ctrica (sin ondas de radio), lo que, seg\u00fan Cornelius, \u201cha sacado de circulaci\u00f3n a seis camiones, es m\u00e1s limpio de carbono y m\u00e1s eficiente en todos los sentidos\u201d. Estos nuevos contadores, aunque m\u00e1s precisos y fiables que los antiguos contadores mec\u00e1nicos, s\u00f3lo nos permitir\u00e1n seguir recopilando lecturas de contadores, como lo hemos hecho durante 75 a\u00f1os. Obtenga m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n en https:\/\/www.opalco.com\/power-information\/meters\/.<\/p>\n<p>Ya sea que la Junta decida seguir adelante con la Iniciativa de Banda Ancha o no, los fondos de RUS se utilizar\u00e1n durante los pr\u00f3ximos cuatro a\u00f1os para la construcci\u00f3n necesaria y programada de la infraestructura de fibra de OPALCO para equipos y monitoreo y control de energ\u00eda. Los fondos se utilizar\u00e1n para reemplazar un cable submarino entre las islas San Juan y L\u00f3pez que se instal\u00f3 en 1977, y para reemplazar el cable subterr\u00e1neo antiguo (enterrado directamente). Y, cada vez que se abran trincheras, OPALCO aprovechar\u00e1 la oportunidad para tender fibra \u00f3ptica y ampliar la red en beneficio de los miembros de la Cooperativa.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En junio de 2012, como parte de su proceso regular de plan de trabajo de construcci\u00f3n, OPALCO present\u00f3 una solicitud de pr\u00e9stamo al Servicio de Servicios P\u00fablicos Rurales (RUS) del Departamento de Agricultura de EE. 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