President Dr Irfaan Ali announces that Bartica, in Region Seven (Cuyuni–Mazaruni), will receive a 25% reduction in electricity rates for households starting in July 2026. He makes the announcement during a community engagement in Bartica, where he tells residents that the tariff change is linked to cost savings from newly operational solar generation.
Ali says the recently commissioned 1.5-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) facility is producing savings by reducing the amount of diesel used for power in the area. He states that the solar farm saves more than 6,000 drums of diesel and helps eliminate about 11,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide. The government presents the rate cut as an initial step in a broader plan to lower electricity costs, though details beyond Bartica are not specified in the reports.
Both outlets describe the same core measure—an across-the-board 25% household electricity rate reduction beginning in July—alongside the same rationale tied to the solar project’s operational savings.
