Energy sector

This initiative has been made possible through the funding provided by the European Union (EU) to assist in the reform of the energy sector, including development of the Energy Bill. 

The government of Tonga is accountable for approving institutional, regulatory, and most sustainable policy options for the reform of the energy sector.

Minister for Communication, Technology and Energy, Sam Basil, outlined these three challenges at the recent 2^nd Petroleum and Energy Summit in Port Moresby.

Minister Basil said the first major challenge is household energy access nationwide, which has been outstanding for over five decades.

The second is sufficiency of energy for industrialization, which is needed to modernise Papua New Guinea while the third is the importance of renewable energy to address the global crosscutting issue of climate change.