Power firms selling electricity warned to follow the law or face action

COMPANIES, organisations and individuals involved in energy and power generation must comply with requirements to obtain licences or they will be severely dealt with by law.
Independent Consumer and Competition Commission’s commissioner and chief executive Paulus Ain said all energy providers in the country should follow the law when applying for a licence.
He said ICCC was aware of people involved in the power generation business who have not followed the stringent process of obtaining licence and other requirements.
“I want to warn those illegal companies supplying power to go through the process,” Ain said.
“We will take action.
“We are already aware of those companies operating illegally in the country.”
Ain said there were eight current electricity supplier licence holders in the country, with Markham Valley Biomass Ltd bringing the number to nine.
Some of the registered licence holders operate in off-grid isolated centres.
They produce power for their core business operation and supply power to nearby communities and businesses. Others are independent power producers which generate and supply their excess or wholesale power to PNG Power Ltd under a power-purchase agreement.