Electricity in Haiti

President Jovenel Moise promised electricity 24 hours a day across Haiti in 24 months. On July 3rd 2019 the 24 months will be over. Will the president deliver on that promise?

FLASH: Protesters in Mirebalais, Centre Haiti, have decides to cut off the electric power lines going to Hinche and the Haut Plateau Central region because, according to a radio journalist, the citizens of the Haut Plateau Central refuse to protest.

Time goes fast when you make a promise... Haitian president Jovenel Moise promised electricity 24 hours a day across Haiti in 24 months. as of October 2018, only 7 months remains. Will the president be able to keep that promise?

Construction of an electricity grid in Haiti is expected to begin before the end of this year, a Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) official said Thursday.

Taiwan news site reports... Taiwan and Haiti are expected to sign an agreement by the end of this year for the construction of a power grid in Port-au-Prince to alleviate the country's energy supply problems, a high-level government Taiwanese official said.

Besides talks about the price of gas going up in Haiti, there was a rumor spreading that the price of electricity is also about go up per kilowatt hour. Haiti's economy and Finance Minister says that is not true.

Haiti's Electric Company EDH announcs it will increase its power production by up to 130 megawatts during the 2018 FIFA World Cup season which is scheduled to begin on June 14th.

About 40 residents in the city of Hinche Haiti were arrested Monday for stealing electricity.

Luis Alberto Moreno, president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), did not hold back on his criticism of three private companies that supply electricity to National Electricity Company (Electricité d'Haiti - EDH). He demolished them, Le Nouvelliste says...

Peligre hydroelectric power plant manager Ernst Cadet announced recently that the Peligre dam will go from providing 18 megawatts of electricity to 54 megawatts of electricity by April 2018.