Power project to cost K782mil

National
Ian Ling-Stuckey

Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey says the second phase of the PNG Power grid project, extending 132kv power lines from Mt Hagen (Western Highlands) to Yonki (Eastern Highlands) will be constructed at a cost of about K782 million.
He said this followed an ambitious target to provide access to electricity for 70 per cent of the country’s population by 2030.
Ling-Stuckey said about 15 per cent of the population access electricity.
“Completion of this second phase not only doubles the capacity of transmission lines to 132kv but will service more than 40 per cent of PNG’s population from Hides to Tari to Mendi to Mt Hagen to Kundiawa to Goroka and to the Yonki Hydro power scheme,” he said yesterday.