PNG Power engineers are working to get five flooded generators at Ramu One Power Station in Yonki online as soon as possible.
PNG Power CEO Tony Koiri said engineering teams from the Rouna plant (Port Moresby), Panda plant (Western Highlands), Lae and Port Moresby Head Quarters have been working to strip, clean, dry, screen and test each component of each generators before reassembling.
At the beginning of November, the Ramu 1 generators became flooded with water high as much as 10 metres.
Senior PPL electrical engineer Arua Mea said it was an unexpected disaster.
The Ramu One powerhouse generates more than 50 megawatts of electricity.
This is supplied to Morobe, Madang, Lae, Bulolo, parts of the Highlands as well as major resource projects in these areas
The floods have shut down the generators and effectively cut off power to these areas.
Current load shedding is from the Paunda plant in Western Highlands and will continue until Ramu One is back online, sometime in the near future.
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