The Secretary of State for Energy, Dr. Jean René-Jumeau present yesterday Monday, alongside the President Martelly, for the official launch of the electrification program of 200,000 houses "Ban m Limyè, Ban m Lavi", provided some additional details in his intervention.

"...This program aims to have a capacity of provide electricity at the level of all little houses scattered in rural areas thanks to solar energy. There will be credits for people to get a small solar system and at the level of municipalities to be able to install solar street lights in cities [...]

The EDH [Electricity of Haiti] will start to give contracts in rural areas, areas that have no electricity, so that private companies can intervene, not only in production but in all aspects of the public offer. The EDH will make the regulation, will define the context so that little by little that we have these small networks, one day, we will be able to make the interconnexion of the latters with a national network.

The program will begin immediately, partners are already working together, define the mechanisms. The companies have already come to Haiti and have already started training for technicians and actions are already placed.

In terms of duration, is a program that has no end, we will always need to provide rural electrification. We will put a permanent fund for that, we will continue the electrification in the cities, we will continue with the partnerships that are needed for that.

There is something very important for the program works, is that we need to work with the deputies, senators, and mayors in cities [...]"

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-4791-haiti-energy-ambitious-electrification-program-of-200-000-houses-in-less-than-two-years.html

S/ HaitiLibre