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Renewable Energy Initiatives:
It is Labour’s goal to steadily reduce the federation’s reliance on fossil fuels and increase the percentage of our energy needs met by renewable sources.  To this end, we have:

• Approved North Star, an 8 mega-watt wind farm by a local/Canadian joint venture company. North Star will not only enable the public to purchase inexpensive wind-generated electricity, but locals will be trained to maintain and manage the farm, with lands on which the farm sits remaining available for agricultural purposes.
• Initiated the OAS and the UN’s assessment of Nevis’ geothermal capabilities, so that St. Kitts & Nevis is now in a position to obtain inexpensive energy from within the federation.  
  

Cost-Effective Energy Procurement:

• Labour ensured that St. Kitts-Nevis was a signatory to the historic PetroCaribe Agreement, which has granted the federation access to fuel at concessional rates of interest and with a highly generous repayment schedule.
  

Hurricane Impact Mitigation, and Infrastructure Upgrades:

• Labour has begun the underground placement of sections of feeders.
• Labour has upgraded the conductors on the Cayon and Sandy Point feeders, as well as the Port Zante and South East Peninsula areas.
  

Heightened Efficiency and Cost Control: 

• Labour has been working with the Caribbean Development Bank to transform the electricity department into a state-owned corporation.
• The model implemented will be the same model used for Social Security several years ago.
  

Fuel Surcharge and Government Subsidies:

• Not yet in a position to do so, Labour will phase out the fuel surcharge when circumstances allow.
• Labour continues to provide relief to the public as far as electricity costs are concerned.
• In 2008 alone, Labour subsidised electricity rates to the tune of $35 million and in 2009 they subsidised a further $14 million.