Robert Matthews from Australia has been appointed as the new CEO of the Tonga Power Ltd starting in Nuku'alofa on 9 March for the next three-years.
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Thursday 12 February 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Power Ltd's multi-million acquisition of Tonga Gas Ltd. was marked today with a reduction in LPG price announced during a ceremony at the Touliki Terminal in Ma’ufanga.
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Thursday 27 November 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Power Ltd has stated its operational net profit at $4,992,500 Pa’anga (after tax). The figure is a significant rise from last year’s net profit of $2,938,659.
Wednesday 26 November 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Power Ltd. Board of Directors declared the company’s dividend at a total of T$1,359,314 on Tuesday, 25 November 2014 to the shareholder, the Government of Tonga.
Friday 21 November 2014
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Tonga's government has asked Tonga Power Ltd staff to call off a strike, planned from 9:00am on Monday 24 November.
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Tuesday 11 November 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Power Ltd staff have today in a letter to the Prime Minister Lord Tu'ivakano refuted an unsigned anonymous letter previously sent to him as untruthful and damaging to its Finance Manager Steven 'Esau.
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Tuesday 4 November 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Power Ltd. will drop its electricity price by more than one seniti per unit from 1 December, John van Brink the CEO, announced today at the Popua Power Station, Manumataongo Bay, Nuku'alofa.
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Friday 19 September 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A 45-year-old woman who crashed her vehicle in Fatai on September 16 has been ordered to pay for damage to a power pole, which left over 700 customers in five villages on the Eastern District without power for over three hours.
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Wednesday 10 September 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tongan Government has committed to fund a new ‘electricity tariff lifeline’ starting on January 1, 2015 and estimated to cost around $1 million pa‘anga a year.
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Tuesday 11 March 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Four new bucket trucks were added to Tonga Power Ltd’s vehicle fleet to help upgrade the electricity distribution network of 33 villages in Tongatapu over the next five-years.
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Tuesday 4 March 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The threat of death by electrocution during flooding in Tongatapu’s heavily-populated areas was a concern during Tropical Cyclone Kofi over the weekend, March 1-2, as Tonga’s National Emergency Management Office pointed out that the power was not shut down in inundated areas.
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Wednesday 26 February 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Power has announced a reduction in the price of electricity.
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Tuesday 4 February 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Power Limited announced that it has increased electricity tariffs by a fraction of a seniti (0.39 seniti). New electricity tariffs for all Island groups are now 93.21 seniti per kilowatt (up from 92.82 seniti).
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Sunday 2 February 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A grant funding of NZ$1.7 million from the New Zealand Government was signed in Nuku'alofa on January 29 as part of a package to rebuild the electricity network in Ha’apai destroyed by Tropical Cyclone Ian.
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Wednesday 22 January 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Electric power has been restored to over 100 homes and shops in Ha‘apai's main town Pangai, Ha'apai. However, Tonga Power Ltd's CEO John Van Brink has estimated it will cost around $5 million pa'anga to rebuild a more cyclone resistant power network on the island group, and the work will take a few months.
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Wednesday 15 January 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Power Ltd. estimates that it will cost at least $3 million pa'anga to rebuild the entire power distribution network in the Ha’apai islands after Cyclone Ian destroyed over 90 percent of the power lines and poles when it hit on Saturday, January 11.
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Tuesday 17 December 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Power Ltd has secured a grant from the Japanese government to fully fund a solar power project in Vaini. The grant of 1,573,000,000 Yen equates to roughly over USD$15.2 Million.
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Friday 13 December 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Power Ltd. paid the Tonga government a dividend of $389,369 pa’anga on Tuesday, 10 December at the Annual General Meeting of the Tonga Power Board, as the first part of a T$1 million dividend for the financial year.
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Wednesday 25 September 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The power distribution network of villages in Tongatapu will be upgraded in the continuation of a Tonga Village Network Upgrade Project funded by New Zealand with $32 million pa’anga, its single biggest energy commitment in the Pacific to date.
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Monday 23 September 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Ten line staff from the Tonga Power Ltd have won employment contracts with New Zealand’s Northpower Ltd. after completing a two-weeks recruitment boot camp. The group, including one woman, who are expected to migrate with their families in November this year have been called “professionals” and “great ambassadors for Tonga”.
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