2023-2024 Energy Baseline Report: American Samoa

Summary

American Samoa faces significant energy resilience challenges due to its remote location and heavy reliance on imported fossil fuels, resulting in residential electricity prices reaching 44.97 cents/kWh in 2022, nearly triple the U.S. average. To counter this, the territory has set ambitious goals to meet 50% of its energy needs from renewable resources by 2025 and 100% by 2040. Key initiatives include planned 20-MW solar PV and 42-MW wind projects, both with battery storage, expected to begin construction in 2024. The 2023 estimated total fuel use was 34.3 million gallons, with ASPA generators consuming 11.3 million gallons of diesel. A 1-MW waste-to-energy plant, processing 80 tons of waste daily, is also undergoing acceptance testing in spring 2024.

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