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ASPA crew installing street lights
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Power Authority issued a press release over the long weekend regarding the article in the Samoa News dated Friday January 15, 2021. ASPA says the article titled “Over 2,000 streetlights were illegally installed last year” was inaccurate. The press...
Faga'alu Park
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Rep. Vailoata Amituana’i is calling on to the House ASPA Committee for a hearing with ASPA to explain why his village of Faga’alu has no streetlights while all other villages in Tutuila do. Vailoata told representatives during this week’s House Session that he only...
ASPA crew installing a new street light
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It has come to light that over 2,000 streetlights were illegally installed in various villages around Tutuila last year by ASPA installation crews due to demands from high ranking people of these villages., according to a verbal report presented to the House during...
ASPA Satala power plant
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a brief statement, the American Samoa Power Authority announced the drop in the cost per kilowatt- hour (kWh) for the October 2020 bill “due to the continued drop in fuel prices over the last 7 months.” “As the cost of diesel fuel drops so will the cost of the...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gubernatorial teams for the Nov. 3rd general election echoed each other’s concerns over the impact on service to the public and the hike in cost, if the ASG semi autonomous agencies —  American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority, LBJ Medical Center and the American Samoa...
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs’ is proving $6,800,000 in grant awards through Energizing Insular Communities program to support energy initiatives in the U.S. territories. Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, Douglas W....
Replacement switchgear
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Over the Labor Day weekend, ASPA technicians replaced obsolete electrical switchgear inside its Tafuna power plant. The replacement switchgear is valued at $1.5million and installation and commissioning was done in house.  This is a major accomplishment as the old...
Chief Executive Office Wallon Young and senior official Ryan Tuatoo
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) is applying for a $100 million loan from the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) to help fund numerous projects that are going on right  now. The loan is a ‘soft loan’ with interest of 1.57%, and there is a $3 million...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a statement last week, the American Samoa Power Authority advised all customers utilizing the green-trash Bins around the island to “help us keep them secure and clean” and suggested these customers work together with ASPA to keep the island clean. Important issues to...
Congresswoman Aumua Amata with ASPA acting Execitive director Wallon Young
Washington, D.C. — Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed a Pacific Basin health grant for the American Samoa Department of Health. The discretionary grant of $167,000 is through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA...

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