Papua New Guinea Monitoring Uninterruptible Power Supply

Does Papua New Guinea have electricity?

Overview In Papua New Guinea (PNG), less than 10% of the population has access to electricity. Where power is available (generally in the main urban centers), the supply is often unreliable. Access to electricity is very limited in off-grid rural areas.

Should Papua New Guinea implement broader power sector reforms?

Strong political will and strengthening of institutional arrangements are urgent. The small island economy of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is facing severe electricity shortages and is therefore turning to implementing broader power sector reforms as a vehicle to attract private capital and investments in electricity generation.

Why does PNG have a power supply crisis?

As one former PPL employee noted in PNG’s The National, the nation’s “current power supply woes can be attributed to lack of proper human resources development and supervision.” “Most of the blackouts,” they add, are “a result of lack of this specialised knowledge in power system management.”

How many IPPs are there in Papua New Guinea?

There are only seven IPPs operating in the PNG economy with a combined installed capacity of 257.3 MW since the enaction of the Electricity Industry Policy (EIP) of 2011 which seeks to bring more private sector investment into the energy industry ( Government of Papua New Guinea, 2011 ).