FUEL PRICES
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Democratic Party is calling attention to the sharp increase in fuel prices and the growing impact it is having on the cost-of-living for families across American Samoa.
It comes at a time when the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) has announced an...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Spiking global oil prices and shipping insurance costs threaten to create a connectivity crisis for the Pacific Islands region. Higher fuel and freight rates will make shipping and aviation more expensive and less frequent, undermining the transport links that underpin...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management reports that fuel prices increased on March 15th due to a sharp rise in global fuel benchmarks that began at the start of March. Petroleum Management has applied a smoothing mechanism to help lessen the impact on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The rising cost of doing business during the Israeli-US war has arrived on American Samoa shores.
Last Friday, March 13, 2026, Island Cargo Support, a business that handles commercial & personal shipping and delivering of cargo in the territory recently sent to its...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa is probably looking at higher prices at the gas pump and the cost of electricity in the upcoming months, as part of the jump in the Pacific following the Israeli and US attacks on Iran, and the subsequent response by Iran.
According to RNZ Pacific,...
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 price of gasoline continues to increase in American Samoa, as the new maximum allowable price (MAP) — or the wholesale price released by ASG’s Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management (ODAPM) —effective yesterday, shows another hike.
And the spike in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The cost of a kilowatt-hour (kWh) for electricity has increase by 30% since January 2021, according to the America Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) in a brief statement, where they also released the monthly “System Rate” or kWh cost of electricity, for November 2021 bills.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The continued drop in the price of fuel globally has not only decreased the electric rate for the American Samoa Power Authority, but also the price for gasoline and diesel fuel at the local gas stations.
The American Samoa Consumer Price Index for 2nd Quarter of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “An oversupply of crude oil and a weak demand is causing a drop in the wholesale price of fuel,” declared Sione Kava, the petroleum officer with ASG's Office of Petroleum Management in releasing yesterday the new maximum allowable price (MAP) or wholesale price,...