The promise of the government to connect cities with electricity within 24 months has proven unrealistic due to the electricity being a one-way business model.
Special Reports
Amid theft and accusations of sabotage, Haiti struggles to turn on the lights
Andre Paultre PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Rene Max Auguste says demand for solar panels at his store in the Haitian capital,…
Opinion
In Haiti, Electricity is a Luxury
By Bobb Rousseau While in other countries, electricity is a basic and social good; in Haiti, it is a high-end luxury commodity…
Haitian Times Morning News Roundup
As Haiti faces chronic electricity shortages, Prime Minister Seeks Foreign Help and battles with trade union
Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe took over the negotiations with the Federation of Trade Unions of Electricity of Haiti (ED’H). The head of…
Haitian Times Morning News Roundup
Can Haiti’s electricity sector survive without the private sector?
While the private producers of electricity, Sogener in the lead, are denounced by President Jovenel Moïse, given the strike of employees of Electricity of…
Haiti, Special Reports
Cap-Haitien Residents Take Frustration out on E.D.H. Workers
By Ralph ‘Onz’ Chery — For as long as one can remember, E.D.H. workers in Cap-Haitien have been getting physically and emotionally harmed because of a lack of electricity.
Haiti
Haiti’s fuel shortage and chronic blackouts are back. This time it’s lack of diesel.
By Jacqueline Charles The news blackout came at the start of one of Haiti’s most popular afternoon newscasts. “Radio Kiskeya…
Haitian Times Morning News Roundup
Jovenel Moïse’s plan for electricity miracle in Haiti
Passing through the north of the country, President Jovenel Moïse has unveiled the plans he plans to deploy to electrify the country in…
Haitian Times Morning News Roundup
PetroCaribe, petroleum products, electricity, three poisons for Haiti
A few hours of electricity a day, every three or four days. More and more expensive drinking water every week….