Amnesty Program

As a result, the company is unable to invest in repair and maintenance, spares, and other capital investments to improve the reliability of its power service. It was found in a recent study that over 100,000 customers are currently consuming power without a PNG Power meter and are therefore not registered as customers.

In May, the electric company responsible for the generation, transmission, distribution and retailing of electricity throughout Papua New Guinea stated that they are losing 26 percent to 30 percent of energy generated through illegal power theft activities such as meter tampering, meter by-pass, and direct connections.

In an effort to combat these revenue leakages, maintain existing revenue, and encourage further revenue growth; PPL launched Phase 2 of the Amnesty Program on May 30, 2022.

When announcing the extension that runs until August 31, 2022 PPL urged all unregistered electricity consumers connected to the PNG Power grid without a meter, to go forward and register as new customers at their nearest PNG Power offices or call the toll free number 116.