It will cost an estimated NZD$20 million (US$14,6 million) to fix the cyclone damage to the power grid on Tongatapu and ‘Eua, said Seti Chen, Operations Manager for Tonga Power Ltd.
This figure is from an initial assessment after the cyclone but if all goes well it may end up costing less.
“Obviously, we’re using a lot of hardware and material that we’ll be able to salvage and reuse but at the end of this week we will have a more accurate value of the overall damage,” he said.
