These funds will be used to supply electricity connections to 50 households in the villages of Indian Creek, Golden Stream and Medina Bank in the Toledo District. These villages will be supplied with electricity through the deployment of an off-grid micro hybrid solar photovoltaic system.
Hon. Rodwell Ferguson, Minister of Public Utilities, Energy and Logistics, thanked Hon. Orlando Habet, Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, and Mr. Kenrick Williams, CEO in the ministry, for this endowment.
Hon. Oscar Requena, Minister of Rural Transformation, Community Development, Labour and Local Government, noted that energy access is a key driver to reduce poverty and support sustainable and rural development.