The Cook Islands has 2 power plants in this atlas, with capacity not reported. By number of records the most common technologies are gas. Grid operators listed here include Te Aponga Uira. Renewables supplied 50% of its electricity in 2024.
Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.
Grid operators and electricity market in the Cook Islands
Island systemSmall isolated grid
Solar supplies the northern islands; Rarotonga mixes diesel and solar.
GenerationLocal power station
TransmissionIsland grid
DistributionIsland utility
CustomersSet tariffs
Who regulates
Electricity rules follow New Zealand, with local oversight by the territory’s government.
Who controls the grid
Te Aponga Uira runs the Rarotonga grid; island councils run outer-island grids.
No power exchange: the utility produces or buys electricity and sells it at set tariffs.
Regional grid
Not part of a larger synchronous grid or regional power pool.
What does “Island system” mean?
A small grid that is not connected to a larger network. One utility typically runs generation and distribution, often relying on imported fuel, with solar and batteries increasingly added.
References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.
Cook Islands is in Polynesia. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.
Capital
Avarua
Languages
English, Cook Islands Māori
Region
Polynesia
Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.
The source inventory contains 2 records for Cook Islands. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.
Inventory coverage
2 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 2 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
