A SENIOR management team from PNG Power recently completed a three-day visit to the Bulolo and WauWaria electorates. The team was led by CEO Paul Bayly, Chief Technical Officer Tony Koiri, and Ramu Grid Momase Regional Manager Albert Nanako. Their visit reinforced PNG Power’s commitment to improving electricity reliability for communities, businesses, and major industrial partners across the two electorates.
The delegation was joined by PNG Forest Product Chief Engineer Ben Grieg for the duration of the entire visit to these two electorates.
For the WauWaria electorate, it was the first time a top PNG Power executive had visited the district and met frontline workers and their families—an important morale boost for staff who maintain the network under challenging conditions.
The visit began in Bulolo with a highlevel meeting at Zenag Chicken, where CEO Bayly met Managing Director Stanley Leahy to discuss the progress of the critical 22kV power line upgrade and ongoing partnership efforts.
The delegation also met with PNG Forest Products (PNGFP)—PNG Power’s longstanding generation partner—to review enhancement plans for the Wau–Baiune transmission line, a key supply corridor for the district. The team later toured PNGFP’s power plants in Bulolo to explore opportunities for deeper collaboration to stabilise generation and improve overall reliability.
In Wau, the executive team conducted ontheground assessments of the district’s ongoing power instability and met with local stakeholders to address weekly outages affecting residents and businesses.
At Hidden Valley Mine, CEO Bayly met with Community Affairs Manager Stanley Komunt to explore securing an alternative power supply via an 11kV line, utilising existing towers from the 604 line down to Wau.
—also inspected potential hydropower sites at Kaisinik Village and Kaindi Road, identifying future renewable energy opportunities for the region.
As part of the visit, the executive team hosted a dinner for PNG Power staff and their spouses—an event many described as the first formal recognition of the families who support frontline workers.
CEO Bayly also announced the deployment of four new apprentices to support Wau’s linemen and strengthen local operational capacity.
Local management expressed deep appreciation for the CEO’s presence, noting that having senior leadership on the ground demonstrates a renewed commitment to proactive people management and infrastructure prioritisation.
Wau Centre Manager Morgan Legra formally thanked CEO Bayly and the executive team for their oversight and renewed focus on addressing the district’s power challenges.
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