US EditionHydropower Struggle: Haiti's Energy Crisis Deepens Amid Gang Control
- On May 14 and 15, 2025, armed gangs occupied Haiti's largest hydroelectric plant near Mirebalais, forcing its shutdown and causing widespread blackouts including Port-au-Prince.
- The occupation stemmed from rising gang violence and public protests against the government's failure to control armed groups dominating the central region since early 2025.
- The 47-megawatt Peligre plant, built in 1956 and producing 30% of Haiti's electricity, was already vulnerable due to neglect, silt buildup, labor strikes, and prior shutdowns.
- In 2024 alone, more than one million people were displaced by violence, over 5,600 were killed, and gang control affected 80% of the capital, underscoring a worsening humanitarian crisis.
- The ongoing blackout intensifies Haiti's economic decline, threatening permanent damage unless urgent improvements to security and a substantial $450 million investment in upgrading the power grid are implemented, as gangs continue to manipulate access to electricity as a means of control.
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Haiti Has Been without Electricity for Four Days: Protesters Took over the Country’s Main Hydroelectric Power Station
The plant was invaded by individuals residing in Mirebalais, who demand that the state authorities act against the armed gangs that control that area.
Armed Groups Weaponize Power Supply in Haiti Crisis
Armed groups occupied Haiti’s largest hydroelectric plant on May 14, forcing a total shutdown that plunged Port-au-Prince and central regions into darkness, according to state utility Electricité d’Haïti (EDH). The Péligre facility, producing 30% of Haiti’s grid electricity, now sits idle as gangs tighten control over critical infrastructure amid a spiraling security vacuum. Decades of […]
Hydropower Struggle: Haiti's Energy Crisis Deepens Amid Gang Control
Hydropower Struggle: Haiti's Energy Crisis Deepens Amid Gang Control Haiti's largest hydroelectric power facility, the Peligre plant, has ceased operations following a break-in, according to state power company EDH. This unfortunate shutdown results from local protests over insufficient government response to gang violence in the region.The local takeover of the plant, located 11 kilometers from Mirebalais, occurred as a part of broader dissatis…
As first Black-led independent republic celebrates Flag Day, Haitians reminisce over country’s lost resources, beauty
Growing up in the 1980s, when the island prospered from exporting natural resources like cocoa, cotton, coffee and mangos, Haiti was a haven for locals like Jude Guillaume. “I cry every morning,” said Guillaume, security officer for the Little Haiti Cultural Complex, as he directed traffic around the complex this week. He said that since gangs took over Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital, and started burning houses and killing people, Haiti i…
Haiti’s Capital Plunged into Darkness After Protest Shuts Down Country’s Largest Hydroelectric Plant
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A widespread power outage has crippled Haiti’s capital and parts of the country’s central region after protesters forced the shutdown of the Peligre hydroelectric plant — the nation’s largest. The state-owned Electricity of Haiti (EDH) described the blackout as the result of “heinous sabotage” following demonstrations that began Tuesday. In a statement issued Thursday, EDH confirmed that the plant remains inoperable, resu…
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