Power Supply into the Highlands Region was restored by yesterday afternoon.
PNG Power Ltd have managed gain access to site of the fault and have removed tree branches which fell on the transmission line at Musamave, just near Goroka town.
All towns in the Highlands Region have now gained normal power supply. It was earlier reported that the landowner issues in the Highlands region have restricted PNG Power personnel to attend to faulty power problems.
This has resulted in some parts of the Highlands provinces still without power since Saturday afternoon (Jan 30).
This was due to a tree branch falling onto the Ramu/Goroka main 66 kV line during heavy rains. The incident occurred between the towers 170 and 171 at Masumave, near Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province.
In a statement, PNG Power said the fault isolated the Highlands power supply forcing some part of the Highlands region to experience total outage while the Pauanda min-hydro power station on the border of Western Highlands and Southern Highlands supplemented the other townships.
PNG Power Ltd personnel attended to the fault on Sunday to restore power supply but were refused access by landowners.
However the situation is now back to normal and power have already been restored.