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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chairman of the House ASPA Committee, Rep. Titialii Kitara Vaiau warned his House colleagues to ask Yes and No questions to the ASPA Chief Executive Director Wallon Young and the Water Division Talimatai Elisala Su'ai. However, questions from Taualauta Faipule Larry...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Land issues is the reason behind the lack of trash bins for the public to dispose their rubbish, according to the ASPA officials, during a House ASPA committee hearing, where they appeared to testify on a variety of ASPA issues, on Monday, July 24, 2023.
The hearing wasn...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Vaifanua Faipule, Shaun O Va’a continues his fight for quality drinking water for residents of the eastern side.
In a recent hearing before the House of Representatives with American Samoa Power Authority Director Wallon Young, Va’a said it has been six years but their...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Some homeowners, may have noticed a slight drop in the overall cost on their electricity bill for February — compared to late last year — and it’s a great savings for those who use a lot of electricity.
And the reason, as explained by the American Samoa Power Authority...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With an increase in the September fuel surcharge, the American Samoa Power Authority has again called for community support of the planned wind turbine farm in Aoloau, while a Facebook posting identifying itself as Le Vaomatua is opposing the plan, arguing in an online...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) power generation crews are working on commissioning a new GE generator for the Tafuna Power Plant.
According to ASPA, one of the two new GE generators will now be supplying power from Tafuna along with three Cummins engines that will...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —The Chair of the House ASPA Committee, Faipule Vailiuama Steve Leasiolagi said he’s not satisfied with the response provided by representatives of the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) who testified before the committee this week regarding the high utility costs in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) CEO, Wallon Young told members of the House ASPA committee during a hearing this week that his office received numerous phone calls from members of the community complaining about the high cost of electricity.
Young, along with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Rep. Vailiuama Steve Leasiolagi has requested the House ASPA committee for a hearing to discuss the continuous increasing cost of utilities over many months now.
Vailiuama told faipule during this week’s House session that the increase in utility costs is not something...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A total of $9.1million of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA) funded projects carried out by the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) were completed in fiscal year 2021 to improve the quality of water services in the territory.
Whereas $2 million was...