ARTICLE - RURAL ELECTRIFICATION

ELECTRIFICATION, THE EDH WILL START TO GIVE CONTRACTS IN RURAL AREAS
(Haiti Libre) -

The Secretary of State for Energy, Dr. Jean René-Jumeau present yesterday Monday (Jan. 23), alongside President Martelly, for the official launch of the electrification program of 200,000 houses "Ban m Limyè, Ban m Lavi", provided some additional details about this intervention.

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

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, and will define the context, so that little by little we will have these small networks. One day, we will be able to make the interconnexion of these into a national network.

The program will begin immediately. Partners are already working together, defining the mechanisms. The companies have already come to Haiti, and have already started training technicians and actions are already in place.

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

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