Energy Fiji Limited recorded 1,829 unplanned electricity outages in 2025, up from 1,656 outages in 2024, according to figures tabled in Parliament by Minister for Public Enterprises Charan Jeath Singh.
In a written response to Opposition MP Rinesh Sharma, Singh also revealed that the average duration of outages increased significantly over the two years.
“The average duration of unplanned electricity outages stated in (a) is as follows: 2024 – 317.74 minutes and 2025 – 306.71 minutes,” the Minister stated.
Singh said EFL had developed a massive $522.66 million capital expenditure plan for the 2025-2026 financial year aimed at improving grid reliability and strengthening electricity infrastructure across the country.
According to the response, the largest share of the funding — $363.56 million — has been allocated towards special projects, followed by $57.45 million for system planning and control, $44.65 million for network upgrades, and $35.72 million for generation improvements.
Major projects listed under the plan include the proposed Lower Ba hydro-electric scheme valued at $80 million, a 165.78 MW solar and battery energy storage system project worth $50 million, and a substation-plus-energy storage project budgeted at $95.25 million.
The response also outlined plans for a new 30MW HFO generation project at Vuda valued at $45 million and an additional 20MW HFO generation project at Kinoya costing $34.3 million.
Grid reliability upgrades include a $22 million Virara Switching Station project, a $15 million 132kV transmission network augmentation, and a $10 million diesel generator project for Labasa.
The Minister said the capital works programme also covered customer services, human resources, finance, information technology and properties infrastructure.
As of April 30, 2026, EFL had already spent $25.63 million under the overall capital expenditure programme, leaving a balance variance of approximately $497 million still to be utilised.
