Federated States of Micronesia

Pohnpei Act to Reform the Power Generation and Distribution

Eighth Pohnpei legislature. Third special session, 2012. The purpose of the legislature is to enable the reform of power generation and distribution in Pohnpei, amending various provisions of Title 34 and Title 11 of the Pohnpei Code with respect thereto; providing for power purchase agreements between Pohnpei Utilities Corporation (PUC) and large-scale generators of electrical power.

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Eighteenth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia : A Bill for an Act

Eighteenth congress of the Federated states of Micronesia. First regular session, 2013. A Bill for an act to appropriate the sum of $2,000,000 from the Genera Fund of the FSM for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013 to loan to the Pohnpei Utilities Corporation  and for other purposes. 

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Energy and Poverty in the Pacific Island Countries: Challenges and the Way Forward

This report was prepared by the UNDP. The report highlights that access to affordable and sustainable sources of energy has strong linkages with the reduction of poverty/hardship, i.e. if poverty/hardship reduction is an objective, then the provision of energy is an essential prerequisite. In the PICs, where poverty/hardship is often viewed as the lack of access to basic services, opportunities and adequate resources, the case for energy provisioning and access is particularly strong. Provision of essential social services such as health and primary education require energy services.

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Rapid Appraisal Of Bio-Energy-Food Security Nexus in Pacific Island Countries

This report was prepared by K.R Chapman for FAO Sub-Regional Officefor the Pacific. This report presents findings from the conduct a rapid appraisal on the bioenergy-food security nexus at regional level, including selected Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia Pacific island countries. The aim the appraisal was to provide policy-makers a decision-making basis for the prioritization of in-depth country assessments and further analysis to be conducted in the second half of 2009 under the FAO Bioenergy and Food Security (BEFS) analytical framework.

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