Haiti's government has unveiled a national electrification plan with investments estimated at $5.7 billion to $5.9 billion, presented at a workshop on Thursday, October 29, at the Hôtel Kinam, HaitiLibre and Le Nouvelliste reported.

Public Works Minister Joseph Almathe Pierre Louis presented the plan together with a roadmap to transform the electricity sector, prepared with the Finance Ministry's technical execution unit (UTE) and the energy regulator ANARSE. Planning Minister Sandra Paulemon and Environment Minister Valéry Fils-Aimé attended. “Haiti will not recover through improvisation,” the minister said, describing electricity as a question of dignity and fairness between regions.

For 2027 to 2032, the roadmap aims to raise the share of Haitians with electricity to 60%, make 250,000 new connections, 150,000 of them through decentralized solutions, and cut technical and commercial losses to below 35%. It also targets 200 megawatts of reliable supply for the capital region and 80 megawatts for the rest of the country, and the training of 500 technicians and managers.

The plan is built around six regional grids that could later be linked together, mini-grids for remote towns and stand-alone solar systems for scattered homes. In a first phase, about 50 mini-grids could serve nearly 100,000 households, with individual solar kits for 227,000 more.

Some projects are already under construction: a 13.4-megawatt solar plant with batteries in Caracol, in the Northeast, meant to supply Caracol, Limonade, Sainte-Suzanne, Trou-du-Nord and Terrier-Rouge, and a 4-megawatt plant with storage at Monfleury in Jacmel. Solar pilot projects of 15 to 20 megawatts each are being prepared in Les Cayes and Fort-Liberté, and hybrid mini-grids are planned in places including Vallières, Mont-Organisé, Capotille, Tiburon, Dame-Marie, Moron, Chambellan and Beaumont.

The minister said the cost estimate is a starting point that will grow as long-term generation needs are added, and that energy policy must reach all 10 departments, 149 communes and 574 communal sections.