In March of 2010, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) sponsored a regional energy meeting in Golden, Colorado, that included the CNMI, American Samoa, and Guam. CNMI delegates from the Governor’s Office, the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) and the Northern Marianas College (NMC) met with representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and senior principals from DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to discuss ways to improve energy efficiency and increase the deployment of renewable energy technologies in the Pacific.
There have been no comprehensive energy vulnerability assessments conducted for any of the Pacific islands in the nineties, whether under US. flag or independent nation. In fact, there have been only a handful of comprehensive analyses of the energy sector in the Pacific islands. The East-West Center in conjunction with the United Nations (UNDP and ESCAP), the Australian National University and the Forum Secretariat produced the Energy Mission Report series which covered the independent island nations in 1982 USDOE published the Tm'fotial Energy Assessment: Final Report in December 1982.
The report provides a detailed summary of FEA’s performance in accordance with Section 25 of the Electricity Act Cap 180.
FEA recorded a profit after tax of $39.7M in 2015 which turned around the performance of 2014 where it recorded a profit after tax of $0.9M despite the El-nino weather pattern of a prolonged spell of dry weather continuing in 2015. For the first time in FEA’s history the El-nino weather pattern significantly affected FEA’s operations for two consecutive years. The profit recorded by FEA in 2015 was attributed mainly due to:
Tonga Power Limited (TPL) is the sole provider of Electricity in the Kingdom of Tonga. The annual reports provide highlights, activities and the financial performance and position of TPL ending 30th June of every year. Herewith are TPL Annual reports from 2009, 2010,2011 and 2015.
Report captures key utility statistics that can be extracted for analysis. Data sourced from TPL Website: http://www.tongapower.to/
The Roadmap was developed to identify the timeframe, activities and resources required to develop the Tokelau National Statistics Development Strategy (TNSDS) which sets the direction and activities of the statistics system for the next 5-8 years.
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